scholarly journals Impact Of Social and Technological Distraction on Pedestrian Crossing Behaviour: A Case Study in Enna, Sicily

2022 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
Tiziana Campisi ◽  
Irena Ištoka Otković ◽  
Sanja Šurdonja ◽  
Aleksandra Deluka-Tibljaš
Keyword(s):  
Pedestrian Crossing

scholarly journals Method for Pedestrian Crossing Risk Assessment and Safety Level Determination: the Case Study of Tallinn

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Pashkevich ◽  
Anna Krasilnikova ◽  
Dago Antov
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Safety Level ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Vulnerable Road Users ◽  
Pedestrian Crossing ◽  
The City ◽  
Traffic Measurements

Pedestrians are a part of vulnerable road users which safety requires a special attention. Official statistics in Estonia from the last decade returns the following numbers: around 30 % of all road traffic accidents in the country were accidents with pedestrians, 32 % of all traffic fatalities were finished with pedestrian death. Pedestrian crossing has the biggest risk level between all kinds of pedestrian facilities, because it includes a direct conflict point between vehicle and pedestrian traffics. The article presents a method to assess risk of pedestrian crossing users and to determine safety level of this road infrastructure element. This approach is based on observation and collection of infrastructural as well as traffic data, which includes: (1) information about each pedestrian crossing facility, its location and state, (2) data about accidents with pedestrians and their features, (3) data from road traffic measurements. The main advantages of the described method are universality and comprehensiveness. The case study was done in Kristiine district of the city Tallinn, which was chosen as the most typical average district of Estonian capital. Results of this study are also presented in the article.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/CIT2016.2016.4124

Pedestrian Crossing Behavior Model Based on Human Factor. Case Study: Shah Alam City, Malaysia.

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (13) ◽  
pp. 329-335
Author(s):  
Na’asah Nasrudin ◽  
Hafiszah Ismail ◽  
Yusfida Ayu Abdullah ◽  
Nurul Shakila Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Behavior Model ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Modelling Analysis ◽  
Pedestrian Crossing ◽  
Risk Taker

The study aimed to develop models for pedestrian crossings behaviour based on road traffic and human factors. A questionnaire distributed to 663 Shah Alam pedestrians. Respondents were asked to fill out a questionnaire on their perceptions of risks and attitudes concerning walking and road crossings. The modelling analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between the Human Factor and the Crossing Behavior, this study identified two components of the Human Factor that influenced the behaviour of the pedestrian crossing, namely the "risk-taker" and the "rule-follower." Analysis of pedestrian crossings behaviour useful to evaluate the implementation of new pedestrian crossing environments.

scholarly journals Multicriteria decision making approach as a tool for street network re-design in the city of Bitola, North Macedonia

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Jasmina Bunevska Talevska ◽  
Marija Malenkovska Todorova
Keyword(s):  
Urban Form ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Urban Network ◽  
Sustainable Urban Mobility ◽  
Pedestrian Crossing ◽  
The City

The current urban planning principles are based on the renewal and use of the cities’ available potentials, with the aim of their sustainable urban mobility development. Today, according to the literature, there is no doubt that urban reconstruction is a much better direction for the development of smart cities since numerous challenges threaten the ability of cities to become viable pillars of sustainable development. The main objective of this paper is to adopt recently developed methodology for the analysis and selection of pedestrian crossing types on the case study location example regarding first phase on sustainable urban mobility plan development for the Municipality of Bitola, North Macedonia, as well as to underline the principles and assessment procedure for the re-design of urban network in Bitola as a sustainable urban form.

scholarly journals Considerations on the role of modernizing the road infrastructure in the prevention of road accidents

2019 ◽  
Vol 290 ◽  
pp. 06004
Author(s):  
Cristian Deac ◽  
Lucian Tarnu
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Road Infrastructure ◽  
The Road ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Pedestrian Crossing

The realizing and improvement of road infrastructure, of modern road networks provides normal, safe and pleasant road traffic conditions and also help prevent road accidents. The road network, with its constructive characteristics, has to offer optimal conditions for the movement of vehicles, pedestrians and other categories of participants in the road traffic. Starting from the case study of a road sector with heavy road traffic, the current paper analyzes the increase in road safety in Romanian localities along European and national roads through the implementation of specific measures such as setting up sidewalks, installing New Jersey median barriers, expanding the road sectors with 2+1 lanes, replacing normal pedestrian crossings with elevated crossings or with pedestrian crossing with mid-road waiting areas etc.

scholarly journals CAMPUS WALKABILITY IN MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES: A CASE-STUDY OF UNIVERSITI MALAYA

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liow Ken Keat ◽  
Naziaty Mohd Yaacob ◽  
Nor Rasidah Hashim
Keyword(s):  
General Interest ◽  
University Management ◽  
Campus Sustainability ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Traffic Calming ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Pedestrian Crossing ◽  
User Friendly

Universities are important innovation hubs for sustainable development. As universities worldwide are striving to provide conducive living and learning environments for their students and staff, the mobility of campus users is one of the challenges that have to be overcome immediately. In order to understand the issues of campus mobility, this study was conducted to evaluate a component of mobility, i.e. its walkability features and potential. The location of this study was in Universiti Malaya. We divided the study in two stages: 1. Students’ surveys to find out their perceptions on the features, potential and policy on walkability. 2. Direct observations and measurements of the existing walkability conditions (vehicular and pedestrian circulation and the street elements that constitute a walkable environment). The main findings were as follows: Most students perceived the overall walkability environment at UM did not give them a positive walking experience on campus. Street elements that are user-friendly were found to be lacking although there existed some positive ones, e.g. traffic calming devices especially at pedestrian crossing area. Although this is a case study of UM, we feel that the issues are of general interest to other university campuses, especially those located in major cities and having the same organizational structure. We would therefore recommend university management to conduct periodical campus walkability evaluation and to take the user’s perceptions seriously so as to provide better adaptation solutions to their campus sustainability projects.

scholarly journals Microsimulation of pedestrian conflict with other transport modes

2021 ◽  
Vol 900 (1) ◽  
pp. 012038
Author(s):  
J Růžička ◽  
J Kruntorád ◽  
R Rek
Keyword(s):  
Effective Solution ◽  
Sustainable Transport ◽  
Road Users ◽  
Urban Level ◽  
Transport Modes ◽  
Conflict Solution ◽  
Pedestrian Crossing ◽  
Permanent Increase ◽  
Decision Making Tool

Abstract An effective solution of the conflict points of different transport modes is a significant issue at the urban level today. With the permanent increase of traffic in cities, it is necessary to look for suitable and sustainable transport solutions to these situations, so that the traffic flow is smooth and the transport remains safe, ecological and economical. The paper deals with the design of a simple decision-making tool for selecting the solution of pedestrian conflict with other traffic modes (classical pedestrian crossing, controlled pedestrian crossing for defined pedestrian and vehicle flows, based on experimental microsimulation. High pedestrian flows their dependence on the delay time of road users are not properly implemented in Czech legislation. The results are verified in a case study of conflict solution within the reconstruction of a public transport terminal in Prague.

scholarly journals CAMPUS WALKABILITY IN MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES: A CASE-STUDY OF UNIVERSITI MALAYA

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liow Ken Keat ◽  
Naziaty Mohd Yaacob ◽  
Nor Rasidah Hashim
Keyword(s):  
General Interest ◽  
University Management ◽  
Campus Sustainability ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Traffic Calming ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Pedestrian Crossing ◽  
User Friendly

Universities are important innovation hubs for sustainable development. As universities worldwide are striving to provide conducive living and learning environments for their students and staff, the mobility of campus users is one of the challenges that have to be overcome immediately. In order to understand the issues of campus mobility, this study was conducted to evaluate a component of mobility, i.e. its walkability features and potential. The location of this study was in Universiti Malaya. We divided the study in two stages: 1. Students’ surveys to find out their perceptions on the features, potential and policy on walkability. 2. Direct observations and measurements of the existing walkability conditions (vehicular and pedestrian circulation and the street elements that constitute a walkable environment). The main findings were as follows: Most students perceived the overall walkability environment at UM did not give them a positive walking experience on campus. Street elements that are user-friendly were found to be lacking although there existed some positive ones, e.g. traffic calming devices especially at pedestrian crossing area. Although this is a case study of UM, we feel that the issues are of general interest to other university campuses, especially those located in major cities and having the same organizational structure. We would therefore recommend university management to conduct periodical campus walkability evaluation and to take the user’s perceptions seriously so as to provide better adaptation solutions to their campus sustainability projects.

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