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14 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS <br />Pedestrian crosswalks are a topic of interest across the spectrum of city and county agencies in <br />Minnesota because appropriate use of marked crosswalks is a key part of implementing the statewide <br />initiative of Toward Zero Deaths. <br />During the research portion of this project, it was determined that the scope would change slightly <br />because the TAP members did not feel that policy language should be developed. They felt the policy <br />decision to mark a crosswalk was an agency decision and this project should only provide existing <br />sample policies for local agencies. Thus, this project’s focus would be on answering the question of how <br />to mark a crosswalk once the decision was made to mark it. <br />A review of eleven published guideline documents and sample policies indicates that the majority of <br />communities with existing policies and practices, both documented and undocumented, have been <br />using the guidance provided by the FHWA in its Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled <br />Crossing Locations. This document was then redeveloped into a user-friendly, quick-reference guide for <br />local agencies in Minnesota in addition to the development of countermeasure sheets to describe the <br />twelve different countermeasures. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />