Research on the Impact of Flashing Green Lights on E-Bike Drivers' Behavior

With the dramatic increase of the number of electric bicycles (hereinafter referred to as e-bikes), its safety receives more and more attention. One of the main clinical manifestations is red light violation resulting from a wrong stop & go decision during a signal change interval. Which have important effects on e-bikes during the yellow light decision-making process? How much is the impact of a flashing green light to e-bikes' decision-making process? In order to solve these problems, this research sets up the stop & pass decision model and discusses the impact of a flashing green light to the decision process. Analysis results show that the potential time is a critical factor for the decision-making process and a flashing green light can lead to earlier decisions. The flashing green light can provide more time for e-bikes to accelerate through the intersections, but evokes more aggressive behaviors though, obviously, it can reduce the option area.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784413623.210
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  • © 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Dong, Sheng
  • Shen, Feijun
  • Jiang, Lihua
  • Ye, Kaifeng
• Conference:
  • 14th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals
  • Location: Changsha , China
  • Date: 2014-7-4 to 2014-7-7
• Publication Date: 2014-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 2185-2191
• Monograph Title: CICTP 2014: Safe, Smart, and Sustainable Multimodal Transportation Systems

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggression; Bicycle travel; Bicycles; Decision making; Flashing; Green interval; Highway safety; Signalized intersections
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01531547
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780784413623
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Jul 25 2014 9:46AM