Identification of Effective Factors on Pedestrian Crossing Behavior

Pedestrians are vulnerable road users and their safety is an important issue in traffic studies. Reducing pedestrian fatalities and injuries is the main purposes of traffic experts all over the world, especially in developing countries such as Iran that pedestrians constitute a considerable share of traffic deaths. Most of traffic accidents occur when pedestrians are crossing a road; therefore, identifying effective factors on pedestrian behavior in different situations is critical. This paper applies a stated preference (SP) technique and discrete choice approach to model pedestrian crossing behavior when encountered three alternatives: pedestrian overpass (without escalator), zebra crossing, and possibility of direct crossing. A random sample of 382 pedestrians is interviewed face to face in two different regions of Tehran, the capital city of Iran. A multinomial logit model (MNL) incorporating latent variable through factor analysis is applied to analyze pedestrian choice behavior. Results show that taking a child along and increasing pedestrian impressibility of warning messages, have a negative effect on their tendency to cross directly and increase the probability of overpass crossing. Latent variables, including safety/security of the overpass and direct crossing and risk taking/conformity have a significant impact on pedestrians' behavior.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ANF10 Standing Committee on Pedestrians.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Hosseini Shabjare, Azamalsadat
  • Mamdoohi, AmirReza
• 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: 12p
• Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Developing countries; Discrete systems; Footbridges; Multinomial logits; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Risk taking; Stated preferences; Zebra crossings
• Uncontrolled Terms: Latent variables
• Geographic Terms: Iran
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01623088
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-02617
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 24 2017 3:15PM