SURVEY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES

The paper describes a preliminary survey of pedestrian crossing facility performance undetaken for the Road Safety and Traffic Authority, Melbourne, as part of a review of pedestrian devices in Victoria. Results of the survey will be of interest to those charged with the responsibility for traffic management or pedestrian safety. The results allow comparison of the operational performance of the four major types of facility used in Victoria, namely, zebra crossings pedestrian operated signal crossings, school signal crossings, and school crossings. Some of the results obtained were: (a) mean vehicle delay at pedestrian signals was nearly four times that at zebra crossings, and about twice that at school signals. (b) pedestrian violations (per pedestrian) at pedestrian signals were about half those at school signals but similar to those at zebra crossings. (C) vehicle violations (per vehicle) at pedestrian signals were about 70 per cent more than those at school signals but similar to those at zebra crossings (A). (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • MacLean, A S
  • Howie, D J
• Publication Date: 1980-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 38-45
• Serial:
  • Australian Road Research
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: ARRB Group Limited
  • ISSN: 0005-0164

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control; Control devices; Crimes; Crosswalks; Highway traffic control; Manual control; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrians; Rural areas; School crossings; Schools; Traffic delays; Traffic flow; Traffic signals; Traffic surveys; Traffic violators; Urban areas; Waiting time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Use
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection; School crossing protection
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 3874: Control; 1667: Crossing the road; 9010: Delay; 1516: Offence; 1733: Pedestrian; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 328: Rural area; 101: School; 671: Traffic flow; 565: Traffic signal; 676: Traffic survey; 313: Urban area; 9084: Use; 9100: Waiting time
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330273
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM