FIELD EVALUATION OF A LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL SIGNAL PHASE AT THREE URBAN INTERSECTIONS

About 37% of pedestrian injury crashes and 20% of fatal pedestrian crashes occur at intersections. Many conventional countermeasures include traffic control devices that either increase pedestrian attention to potential vehicle-pedestrian conflicts or encourage drivers to yield to pedestrians. A noteworthy limitation of these warning and prompting messages is their reliance on a voluntary behavioral response. Public education and enforcement campaigns have also generally not produced tangible and long-lasting safety benefits. This research, conducted at three urban intersections, examined the influence of a 3-s leading pedestrian interval (LPI)--a brief and exclusive signal phase dedicated to pedestrian traffic--on pedestrian behavior and conflicts with turning vehicles. The introduction of a 3-s LPI reduced conflicts between pedestrians and turning vehicles and reduced the incidence of pedestrians yielding the right-of-way to turning vehicles.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.3141/1734-13
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1734, Highway and Traffic Safety: Engineering, Evaluation, and Enforcement; Trucking and Motorcycles.
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• Authors:
  • Van Houten, R
  • Retting, R A
  • Farmer, C M
  • Van Houten, J
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 86-92
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1734
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Field studies; Pedestrian phase; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Signalized intersections; Turning traffic; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00803884
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309067359
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 12 2001 12:00AM