AAA SPECIAL SURVEY ON PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS

MOST CITIES TODAY USE SPECIAL PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS TO SUPPLEMENT REGULAR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS. THE MOST COMMON WORDING ON SPECIAL PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS IS "WALK" AND "DONT WALK" (85%). SOME CITIES (14%) USE "WAIT-WALK" AND 1% USE "DONT START-WALK." THE COLOR GREEN IS USED FOR "WALK" IN 44% OF THE SIGNALS WHILE WHITE IS USED IN 48%. THE SELECTION OF THE COLOR OF THE "WALK" SIGNAL IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE TYPE OF SIGNAL USED. IN GAS-FILLED TUBING SIGNALS, 64% USE GREEN; WITH INCANDESCENT SIGNALS, ONLY 25% USE GREEN. FOR THE "DONT WALK" SIGNALS 56% USE RED AND 38% USE ORANGE. ONE OUT OF THREE CITIES USES A FLASHING "DONT WALK" SIGNAL TO WARN PEDESTRIANS IT IS UNSAFE TO BEGIN CROSSING. LITTLE OR NO EXPERIMENTATION OR INNOVATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS WAS REVEALED THROUGH THIS SURVEY. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pedestrian Safety Report

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• Publication Date: 1971-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-6
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Color; Crosswalks; Signal lights; Signals
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226362
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 19 1972 12:00AM