Investigation of Crosswalk Design and Driver Behaviors at Roundabouts

This research explored the relationship between the location and configuration of pedestrian crosswalks and driver yielding behavior at roundabouts using data from staged pedestrian crossings (consistent crossing events by a research team member) at entry and exit crosswalks at 14 roundabouts. Driver yielding rates were found to be higher at crosswalks at roundabout entries than at crosswalks at roundabouts exits. Driver yielding rates were also higher for pedestrians waiting at the splitter island than those waiting at the curb. A model of yielding behavior found crosswalk distance from circulatory roadway affected yielding percentage, but the effect was too small to be practically significant.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANB75 Standing Committee on Roundabouts.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Findley, Daniel J
  • Searcy, Sarah E
  • Schroeder, Bastian J
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
• Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 18p
• Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crosswalks; Drivers; Geometric design; Pedestrian safety; Roundabouts; Yielding
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01623022
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-00025
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 24 2017 3:15PM