The influence of a pedestrian countdown display on pedestrian behavior at signalized pedestrian crossings |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies, Cara Dusana 196, Zemun, Serbia;2. Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 305, Belgrade, Serbia;3. Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Vojvode Misica 52, Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina;1. Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna, Austria;2. MIT Senseable City Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 02139 Cambridge, MA, USA;1. Department of Civil Engineering, Steinman Hall, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, United States;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States;3. Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States;1. MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China;2. Department of Civil, Environmental & Construction Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, United States;1. Department of Civil Engineering, Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar;2. Qatar Transportation and Traffic Safety Center, Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar;1. Laboratory of Transportation Engineering, Section of Hydraulic and Transportation Engineering, Department of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece;2. Laboratory of Transportation Engineering, Section of Transport, Construction Management, and Regional Development, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
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| Abstract: | Pedestrian behavior has been a subject of surveys carried out at two signalized pedestrian crossings, in the city of Doboj (BIH, Republic of Srpska). The analysis is made on the basis of video recordings, and includes behavior at pedestrian crossings, in various conditions (two locations, different vehicle flows, with or without a countdown display). The analysis also includes the distribution of illegal crossings (at the pedestrian red light) of different categories of pedestrians (gender, age), before and after the installation of a pedestrian countdown display, at two different pedestrian crossings. The results of the study have shown that a countdown display reduces statistically significantly the total number of violators, regardless of its location and traffic flow. However, this reduction is not the same at various categories of pedestrians (male, female, elderly, young people). The influence of the display has been particularly dominant at the pedestrian crossing located outside the centre of the city, with the smaller intensity of traffic. Children pedestrians do not accept the behavior in accordance with the countdown display in case of a reduced intensity of traffic, at a pedestrian crossing located in the backstreet. A countdown display does not statistically significantly change the distribution form of the number of offences during the red light for pedestrians, regardless of the pedestrian environment. However, there is a statistically significant difference in certain intervals (during the first and last 4 s) in the total distribution, as well as in the categories (female pedestrians, children). A countdown display does not reduce the overall number of “slow” pedestrians, but the impact on certain categories of “slow” pedestrians (gender/children), as well as on pedestrian violators, per age categories, varies depending on the location and traffic flow at an intersection. |
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| Keywords: | Pedestrian Traffic lights Pedestrian countdown display Behavior Location Traffic flow |
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