PEDESTRIAN CROSS WALK SAFETY STUDIES

PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK SAFETY STUDIES ARE THE INITIAL PART OF A PROGRAM OF COLLECTING FIELD DATA WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD IMPROVED KNOWLEDGE OF THE EFFECTS OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND CONTROL DEVICES ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, TRAFFIC INFORMATION AND CONTROL DEVICES AID THE PEDESTRIAN AND THE DRIVER IN SAFE AND EFFICIENT USE OF THE ROAD BY REGULATING ASSIGNMENT OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND BY GIVING INFORMATION ON CROSSWALKS AND THEIR USE. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE DEVICES IS JUDGED BY THEIR CAPACITY TO COMMAND OBEDIENCE AND RESPECT FROM ROAD USERS. IN STUDYING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CONTROL DEVICE, IT IS NECESSARY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PREVAILING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. /HSRI/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 80pp, Figs, TABS
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Cleveland, D E
• Publication Date: 1969-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crosswalks; Data collection; Field studies; Highway safety; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Pedestrian safety; Traffic; Traffic control devices; Travelers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Field data; Right of way
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223426
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 1971 12:00AM