Signage Safety: Road Signs, Pedestrian Crossing Conditions, and Hit & Run Police Calls in Howard County, Maryland

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2015Author
Stein, Rebecca
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Gimpel, James
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How do road signage and pedestrian crossing conditions affect the prevalence of hit & run police calls in Howard County, Maryland? More specifically, do signs encouraging driver safety and awareness reduce hit & run calls? Do marked pedestrian crossing points and lower speed limits reduce hit & run calls?
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Final project for GVPT368K/368I: GIS for Social Science Research (Fall 2015). University of Maryland, College Park.