Integrating Visibility, Parking Restriction, and Driver's Field View for Enhancing Pedestrian Crossing Safety

Pedestrians at a marked but unsignalized pedestrian crossing (Ped-Xing) must be made visible to drivers in the approaching traffic at a sufficient distance away from the crossing, and this distance is needed for stopping a vehicle before the leading Ped-Xing edge to avoid a potential traffic collision. In this paper, an exact analytic framework is established to integrate driver's field view, driver's perception-reaction, lighting condition, and parking restriction at a Ped-Xing for enhancing traffic operational safety. The size of the no parking zone by the Ped-Xing is determined exactly using equations derived from this framework. Additionally, this study sheds the light on mid-block Ped-Xing installation, which should be discouraged if parking is permitted alongside a street. Furthermore, additional visibility improvement measures at the unsignalized Ped-Xings may be needed for enhancing safe traffic operations at the crossings.

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  • http://multi-science.metapress.com/content/6229078l00r571r6/?p=f029ecdf33f443908d11dfe19ecf32fc&pi=5
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstracts used by permission of Multi-Science Publishing Co Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Liu, Chiu
  • Wang, Zhongren
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 351-356
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2046-0430
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/20460430

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crosswalks; Drivers; Field of vision; On street parking; Pedestrians; Perception; Reaction time; Traffic safety; Unsignalized intersections; Visibility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01519344
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 24 2014 12:02PM