PROVISIONS FOR CROSSING PEDESTRIANS

VOORZIENINGEN VOOR OVERSTEKENDE VOETGANGERS

Waiting times of pedestrians are greatly dependent on traffic intensities and road width. Both can be modified. Traffic islands are suitable to reduce waiting times considerably. A useful criterion for designing control measures is a waiting time of 15 s for 95% of the pedestrians crossing the road. Based on this philosophy traffic islands in Amstelveen were constructed while the road was resurfaced. In some cases zebra crossings were removed. The article gives a description of a crossing with traffic lights operated by push buttons and programmed in such a way that optimal results are obtained for both road traffic and pedestrians. (TRRL)

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  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Buijn, H R
  • Vissers, C J
• Publication Date: 1979-11

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 533-537
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Control devices; Crosswalks; Hand; Islands; Manual control; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrians; Reduction (Chemistry); Traffic islands; Traffic signals; Waiting time
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• ITRD Terms: 3874: Control; 1667: Crossing the road; 2002: Hand (human); 8078: Netherlands; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 471: Traffic island; 565: Traffic signal; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00312033
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 8 1980 12:00AM