Pedestrian crossing behavior at midblock crosswalks
| Autor: | Hüseyin Onur Tezcan, Mahmoud Elmorssy, Göker Aksoy |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Işık Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü, Işık University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Aksoy, Göker |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Illegal parking Turkey Computer science Crosswalks Poison control Walking Pedestrian crossing Turkey (republic) Safety Risk Reliability and Quality 050107 human factors Aged 80 and over Number of lanes Traffic characteristics 05 social sciences Accidents Traffic Pedestrian Middle Aged Traffic signals Size increase Video recording Pedestrian crossing behavior Schema crosswalk Female Safety Field studies Footbridges Human Traffic volumes Adult Article Transport engineering Young Adult Traffic volume 0502 economics and business Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Cities Aged Pedestrians Platoon size 050210 logistics & transportation Field study Gender Multinomial logit model Platoon Midblock crosswalk Push-to-walk Videorecording Lost time |
| Zdroj: | Journal of safety research. 71 |
| ISSN: | 1879-1247 |
| Popis: | PubMed ID: 31862044 Introduction: This study investigated the pedestrian crossing behavior at midblock crosswalks, in Istanbul. Method: Data were compiled from field studies at four selected crosswalks that were on one-way streets. Three of the crosswalks were located on three-lane streets while the other one was on a two-lane street. By using two-hour video recordings at each crosswalk, information was collected about pedestrian crossing preferences, pedestrian platoons both at curbside and during the crossing, traffic characteristics including volume, crosswalk occupancy and illegal parking, and pedestrian characteristics comprising age, gender and distraction status. These data were stratified with respect to the number of lanes and two multinomial logit models for platooning and individual crossing behavior was estimated for each stratum. Results: The results showed that the likelihood of platooning increases as the traffic volume and platoon size increase. Moreover, pedestrians who waited for little or no at the curbside and started to cross when one or more lanes were occupied generally lost time during the crossing. In terms of policy, the formation of platoons should be prevented by enforcement or demand-responsive traffic signals with push-to-walk buttons, etc. Overall, the study revealed that the presence of midblock crosswalks is questionable. Publisher's Version |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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