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Analysis of Pedestrian Road Crossing Behaviour in Urban Areas

International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems, 2014

The objective of this research is the analysis of pedestrians behaviour along entire trips in urban road networks, with focus on their interaction with the traffic and the road environment while crossing roads. For this purpose, a special field survey was designed and carried out, which involved the recording of pedestrians road crossing behaviour along entire trips in real time by means of camera in motion at the centre of Athens, Greece. Based on the results of the field survey, an analysis of road crossing behaviour of pedestrians is presented, concerning characteristics of the trips, the pedestrians, the road environment and the traffic conditions. The results indicate that basic parameters of pedestrian trips (i.e. trip length, walking speed, number of crossings) can be described by appropriate probability distributions. They also reveal a tendency of pedestrians to cross either in the beginning or in the end of the trip, an increased probability of crossing at signalized junct...

Modelling Pedestrian’s Decision to Cross in Midblock Area of Urban Street.pdf

High population density in urban area, poor transportation system, and the disobedience of road users toward the existing traffic rules lead to the condition where traffic accidents easily occur, including those that involves pedestrian. The traffic accidents where pedestrians get involved are usually caused by the pedestrian itself does not cross on the crossing facility. To comprehend this kind of condition, this research used ordinal logistic regression as a descriptive model. Based on the result collected, the main factors affecting jaywalking behavior are gap size, time pressure, appearance of another crossing pedestrian, crossing experience, and pedestrian group are the main factors of pedestrian's decision to cross the road. However, in twolane one-way road, the crossing experience of pedestrian is not affecting their decision to cross. On divided fourlane two-way road, pedestrian's decision to cross is not affected significantly by time pressure and pedestrian group. The most significant factor of pedestrian's decision to cross the road is gap size. All of these factors cannot be intervened so that the pedestrians'decision to cross can be put under control. Moreover, in terms of the element of the street itself, namely the number of direction of traffic and existence of traffic island can significantly affect pedestrian's decision to cross the road. Conversely, in this research, the number of lanes is not significantly affecting pedestrian's decision to cross the road. Having compared the model with binomial logistic regression and multiple linear regression, then it was found that all of these models cannot properly describe the pedestrian's decision to cross the road.

Analysis of Pedestrian Behavior in the City of Pila

Communications - Scientific letters of the University of Zilina

Every year, many people lose their health and/or lives on Polish roads. One of the reasons for this is behavior of pedestrians at pedestrian crossings, which affects the road safety. The aim of the article was to conduct experimental research, the idea of which was to study the behavior of pedestrians at pedestrian crossings in the city of Pila, the results of which can be applied to Poland. During the research, the behavior of pedestrians and the impact on the probability of a road accident were analyzed. Undoubtedly, the prevailing epidemic, during which people are in many respects limited, had an impact on the results obtained, therefore the number of people at the analyzed crossings may have decreased. The conducted research confirmed the Police statistical data that the most dangerous crossings for pedestrians are those without traffic lights.

SIMPAS: A lVIODEL OF THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering, 1998

In Hungary and in France, just like to the rest of European countries, one third of the casualties of accidents on the roads is constituted by pedestrians. Analysing traffic acci- dents and getting know better the behaviour of the participants in public transportation by scrutiny can help create safer conditions on the roads. This article is aimed at presenting the basic features and characteristics of SIMPAS: a simulationai model of public transportation worked out by INRETS (France) in close cooperation with the Faculty of Transportation Engineering at the Technical University of Budapest. The simulational model and computer simulation programme has been developed to facilitate the study of the behaviour of pedestrians and drivers in traffic. The underlying conception behind the model is that individual situations in public transportation are de- termined from moment to moment by the impacts made by the participants of traffic upon each other. They constantly communicate with one ...

Evaluation of human behaviour at pedestrian crossings

2015 6th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2015

Road traffic crashes result from a combination of factors related to the road layout, the vehicles, the road users and the way they interact. First the main causes of pedestrian fatalities and the safety effects of road measures (traffic lights, roundabouts and refuge islands) at pedestrian crossings before and after implementation were investigated. The results indicate that there is a strong evidence for the positive effect of these measures especially on the number of the pedestrian related accidents. In the next phase a site survey was conducted in order to estimate the irregular crossing manoeuvres of car drivers and pedestrians at designated pedestrian crossings. Having analysed the irregular movements according to the type of crossing it was found, that car drivers behave the most irregularly at crossings without a refuge island. Crossings equipped with flashing yellow lights, refuge islands and traffic lights require a much more appropriate behaviour from car drivers. In the next phase of the research the waiting time of pedestrians and the delay of vehicle drivers again at pedestrian crossings were surveyed. Our results suggest that there is a need for a strong contribution of the human and the engineering fields to obtain an even more positive change in the safety of vulnerable road users.

Pedestrians’ Crossing Dilemma during the First Seconds of the Red-Light Phase

Social Sciences, 2021

Most safety concerns for pedestrian trips arise during road crossing, due to the interaction of pedestrians with motorized vehicles. This present paper attempts to explore the factors that have significant impact on pedestrians’ crossing behavior, and to identify the group of pedestrians that appear to be the most prone to crossing a road during the first five seconds of the red phase. In this context, observations were conducted in twelve signalized crossings in one-way roads, in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The collected data (600 observations of crossing pedestrians) were analyzed statistically; more specifically, the observations were analyzed through descriptive statistics, and a classification tree was developed for predicting pedestrians’ decisions. The results indicate that pedestrians’ crossing behavior is most of all affected by the behavior of other pedestrians in the signalized crossing. Also, the number of traffic lanes has an impact on pedestrians’ decision to cro...

Pedestrians' Crossing Behaviors and Crossing Preferences: A Field Study

Transactions on Transport Sciences, 2022

Pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable road user groups in traffic and face many risky situations in traffic, especially when pedestrians cross the street, where a pedestrians-vehicle interaction or conflict is most likely. Different from the previous studies on pedestrian behavior, the current study targeted exploring pedestrian behavior and safety at a specific street in Ankara-Tunalı Hilmi Street Turkey employing two different data collection methods. Specifically, the current study aimed to understand the behaviors, perceptions, and crossing preferences of pedestrians in the study area. In addition to the above, it aimed to identify situations that create safety concerns for pedestrians in the area and offer area-specific countermeasures addressing these concerns. For this purpose, an online survey study and an observational study were conducted. The results of the survey based on investigations of the crossing preferences of 96 pedestrians revealed an understanding of the participants' motivation when crossing the street, their attitudes toward traffic rules, and their safety perceptions about the area. Additionally, it targeted to understand the situations that negatively affect road safety in the area for pedestrians. According to the survey respondents, the study area was unsafe for pedestrians and the biggest problem in terms of pedestrian safety is vehicle traffic and parking. The observation study presented significant differences in crosswalk use, compliance with the signal between pedestrians who cross alone or in a pair and those who cross in a group. People who cross the street as a group use crosswalk and comply with the traffic signal more than people crossing alone or in a pair. In addition, considering the illegal crossing rate, it can be said that jaywalkers-people who do not use crosswalk-are the majority in the study area. As a result, the current study helps to arrange crossing facilities according to pedestrian preference because the proper design of facilities contributes to pedestrian safety and encourages walking without sacrificing safety and comfort. Accordingly, reducing vehicle traffic, increasing and arranging parking areas, and increasing number of pedestrian facilities are suggested to increase pedestrian safety in the area.

The effects of selected factors on pedestrian crossings in urban areas

MATEC Web of Conferences

Pedestrian crossings are designed to help pedestrians cross a road. There are at-grade pedestrian crossings with or without traffic lights and grade separated crossings such as subways and footbridges. Pedestrian crossings may be located next to a junction or on road sections between junctions. Where at-grade crossings are involved, pedestrians and motorists interact, which may lead to dangerous situations and road traffic conflicts. These mutual interactions between infrastructure users determine how pedestrian crossings operate. They also affect the operation of junctions, if located next to them. The article presents the most important factors that affect the operation of pedestrian crossings. Because of the multiplicity of factors, only one of the parameters of traffic factors is described in detail.

The application of microscopic models in the study of pedestrian traffic

MATEC Web of Conferences

Cities (especially in Central and Eastern Europe) focus on improving the road network, which aims to improve the efficiency of motor traffic and minimize congestion. Most of existing tools for analysing the effectiveness of urban transport networks do not assume to analyse the impact of walking and cycling on efficiency of transport systems. It is therefore necessary to develop solutions that on the one hand will reduce congestion, and on the other hand, improve the safety and quality of travel of vulnerable road users. One of the tasks to be developed in order to improve pedestrian conditions is to determine the relationship between pedestrian and vehicle traffic. An attempt has been made to establish the relationship between pedestrians and vehicle traffic in order to describe traffic conditions and pedestrian safety at pedestrian crossings. The analyses were based on simulations carried out using the PTV Vissim/Viswalk software and with the use of surrogate safety measures.