MEASURES OF PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR AT INTERSECTIONS
This research was performed as part of a research project to identify and evaluate intersection improvements for pedestrian safety at urban intersections. Two field studies and a series of field observations were conducted to identify measures and methods that could reliably yield information concerning potentially hazardous pedestrian behaviour at intersections. Both operational measures and conflict measures were investigated. Of 16 behavioral measures that were tested at 120 intersections in the original field study, 7 were retained, refined, and tested in the following field study. These measures showed considerable promise in differentiating the high from the low accident intersection of a matched intersection pair (having similar traffic controls and geometrics). The measures that were developed in this task were to be used in the evaluation phase of the project. /Author/
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- Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Effectiveness of Operational Measures. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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Authors:
- Berger, Wallace G
- Robertson, H Douglas
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Conference:
- 55th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1976-1-19 to 1976-1-23
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 54-59
- Monograph Title: Capacity and measurement of effectiveness
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 615
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Field studies; Human characteristics; Intersections; Measurement; Pedestrians
- Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian characteristics
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00162986
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309025915
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM