An examination of the influence of crosswalk marking removal on pedestrian safety as reflected in road user behaviours |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Engineering Statistics and Econometrics Application Research Laboratory, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 204B Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States;2. Transport Research Institute, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK;3. Public Safety & Transportation Group, CUBRC, 4455 Genesee St., Suite 106, Buffalo, NY 14225, United States;4. Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 241 Ketter Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, United States;1. Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;2. Department of Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;3. School of Environmental Sciences, Institute for Land Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P. O. Box 789 NSW 2640 Albury, Australia;4. Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;1. Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland, Australia;2. Faculty of Health, School of Psychology and Counselling, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia;3. Department of Industrial Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Colombia;4. Consortium of Adolescent Road Safety (CADROSA.org), Australia;5. Adolescent Risk Research Unit (ARRU), Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience – Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia;6. Sustainability Research Centre (SRC), Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia;7. School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, University of the Sunshine Coast (USC), Australia |
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| Abstract: | In some local authorities in Israel, road markings were removed from non-signalised crosswalks situated on multilane divided urban roads. This study examined whether this treatment contributes to pedestrian safety, based on the analysis of differences in road user behaviours and pedestrian crossing conditions at sites without crosswalk markings (treatment sites) versus those with the markings (comparison sites). Field observations were conducted at two treatment and four comparison sites, including video-recordings and free-flow speed measurements. The speed data analysis indicated that treatment sites were associated with higher speeds as compared to other sites, at least in one travel direction, and that speed values were sufficiently high to create a threat of severe injury for the crossing pedestrians. Examinations of other road user behaviours showed that treatment sites are associated with higher obedience of pedestrians to safe crossing rules and low rates of pedestrian-vehicle conflicts during the crossing, but also with long waiting times by pedestrians prior to crossing, low rates of giving-way to pedestrians and more vehicles ignoring pedestrian needs to cross. In general, pedestrian crosswalk removal brought about a worsening in the possibility of crossing the road for pedestrians that in combination with high vehicle speeds cannot be recognised as a safety-improving measure. The study did not support the claim that removing a marked crosswalk leads to safety benefits for pedestrians. |
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| Keywords: | Pedestrian Marked crosswalk Removal Behaviour Speed |
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