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Hasan Ziari Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering, Iran science and Technology University, Tehran, Iran  Mohammed M. Khabiri Ph.D. Student and Lecturer Department of Civil Engineering, Vali-Asr Rafsanjan University, Iran, Tel: +98 21 73914142, E-mail: Khabirimm@yahoo.com People are important in towns. They are the foundation of the social and economic processes that drive the urban system and sustain the urban framework[1]. The Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Program focuses on identifying problem areas for pedestrians and bicycles, developing analysis tools that allow planners and engineers to better understand and target these problem areas, and evaluating counter- measures to reduce the number of crashes involving pedestrians and bicycles. We should be taking the steps to try to interest users that are not GIS technical people, in the use of ArcView in a desktop application. One of the projects that has been developed, is making accident data obtained from Tehran available to ArcView users. Safety is a driving factor in access management and the crash reports are the best indicator of the lack of safe roads. This paper presents the development and findings of crash data from police reports and how they are being used in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Geographic Information System (GIS) software turns statistical data, such as accidents, and geographic data, such as roads and crash locations, into meaningful information for spatial analysis and mapping. In this project, GIS-based analytical techniques have been applied to a series of pedestrian and bicycle safety issues:
Route to school and bicycle applications are not in traditional roadway inventory files maintained by local transportation agencies. This data should be collected along with other roadway inventory information during database updates. This tool uses grid and map algebra to generate a contour map identifying areas of high crash occurrence, as determined by crash density, and clusters of crashes involving pedestrians or bicyclists. Summary statistics of selected zones can be generated and displayed in table or chart form. Traffic Characteristics and Pedestrian Safety Problem in Iran The Iran has a population of approximately 69,000,000 people. We have a slow but steady growth of about 1.4% .The Inner Ministry is responsible for transportation planning in the urban area. To assure the safety of the traveling public as the population grows, we are looking at safety management standards for our main arterials. Iranian cities are characterized by heterogeneous traffic (a mix of non-motorized and motorized modes of transport) and mixed land-use patterns. Non-motorized vehicles are owned and used by a large section of the population. Car ownership rates in Iran is low compared to those of North America and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. In 1993 car ownership was 170 cars per 1,000 residents in Iran, compared to 561 cars per 1,000 residents in North America, and 366 in OECD countries[2]. A Road traffic accident is a serious problem in Iran. Road accident fatalities and injuries are increasing with no sign of being under control. Fatalities increased by 28% compared to 2000. On average, fatalities are increased by 20% per year. Fatality rate was 151 fatalities per million inhabitants in 2001. Pedestrians fatality rate in Iran is high when compared to international statistics. The rate in Europe is 14 pedestrians per million inhabitants; it is the lowest in the world.
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