PEDESTRIAN EFFECT ON AT-GRADE INTERSECTION VEHICULAR FLOW

THE BASIC OBJECTIVE WAS TO IDENTIFY VARIABLES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE PEDESTRIAN EFFECT ON VEHICLE FLOW THROUGH AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS. DATA WERE COLLECTED AND ANALYZED TO DETERMINE IF A STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN THE SELECTED VARIABLES AND THE VEHICLE-SECONDS OF DELAY BEING CAUSED BY PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE FRICTIONS AS A RESULT OF BOTH VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS AT THE STUDY INTERSECTIONS. THE MULTIPLE-REGRESSION ANAYSIS OF THE DATA PRODUCED THREE REGRESSION MODELS THAT SHOULD GIVE ACCURATE ESTIMATES OF THE VEHICLE-SECONDS OF DELAY. THE FIRST MODEL INCLUDED THE DATA FOR ALL 6 STUDY INTERSECTIONS, 3 WITH ALL ONE-WAY STREETS INTERSECTING AND 3 WITH 1 ONE-WAY STREET AND 1 TWO-WAY STREET CONNECTING. THE SECOND MODEL WAS APPLIED TO 3 INTERSECTIONS WITH ONE-WAY STREETS INTERSECTING. THE THIRD MODEL WAS DERIVED FROM THE DATA ON 3 INTERSECTIONS WITH 2 ONE-WAY STREET LEGS AND 2 TWO-WAYS STREET LEGS. A DEFINITE STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP WAS FOUND TO EXPLAIN THE PEDESTRIAN EFFECTS ON VEHICLE DELAY AT TYPICAL URBAN INTERSECTIONS. /AUTHOR/

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  • Authors:
    • Nesselrodt, John R
    • Yu, Jason C
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  • Publication Date: 1971

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  • Media Type: Print
  • Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
  • Pagination: pp 26-36
  • Monograph Title: Pedestrians
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  • Accession Number: 00223632
  • Record Type: Publication
  • ISBN: 0309019680
  • Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 999
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM