EVALUATION OF A NUMBER OF MEASURES FOR INCREASING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Everybody, in town and country, is a pedestrian road-user almost daily. His behaviour is then governed by his optical impressions, habits and experience rather than by traffic-control regulations. A pedestrian is often an unpredictable road user. In terms of vehicles, he is very manoeuvrable, accelerates fast and can stop very quickly. He can also move foward, backward or sideways. Differences in age, sex and destination are reflected more clearly in pedestrian traffic than in wheeled traffic. Because of all this, pedestrian traffic is more difficult to fit in a clear and simple pattern than wheeled traffic. There is an absolute lack of good methods for recording the characteristic features of pedestrian flows. Measures for preventing or reducing the number of conflicts between vehicles and pedestrian traffic have taken the shape of pedestrian crossings. A pedestrian crossing gives the pedestrian a certain measure of legal and/or physical protection. Such crossings can be subdivided into various types: 1. Zebra crossings; 2. Light-controlled crossing; A variant of these is the crossing with push-button lights; 3. Pedestrian bridges and subways. Measures for each of these three possibilities will be considered in succession. /Author/TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
The Hague, Netherlands 2594 AW -
Authors:
- KRAAY, J H
- Publication Date: 1971-9
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 35 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Behavior; Crosswalks; Evaluation; Footbridges; Human factors; Legislation; Pedestrian flow; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian tunnels; Pedestrians; Safety; Signalized intersections; Traffic; Traffic conflicts; Traffic flow; Traffic signals; Tunnels; Zebra crossings
- Geographic Terms: Netherlands
- Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
- ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 9001: Behaviour; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 3475: Footbridge; 2257: Human factor; 1556: Legislation; 8078: Netherlands; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 1665: Safety; 755: Traffic; 671: Traffic flow; 565: Traffic signal; 3374: Tunnel
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00097874
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Report/Paper Numbers: R&D Rpt.
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM