The Impact of a Signalized Crosswalk on Traffic Speed and Street-Crossing Behaviors of Residents in an Underserved Neighborhood

Schultz, Courtney L.; Sayers, Stephen P.; Stanis, Sonja A. Wilhelm; Thombs, Lori A.; Thomas, Ian M.; Canfield, Shannon M.

doi:10.1007/s11524-015-9979-7

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“…In the Mobility category (Table 4), ten indicators specifically describe the infrastructure specifically associated with the capability to increase and facilitate active and sustainable mobility [73][74][75][76][77] as "part of the daily life of all the inhabitants, by means of transportation, free time and workplace activities . .…”

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Walkable Urban Environments: An Ergonomic Approach of Evaluation

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Background. The salutogenicity of urban environments is significantly affected by their ergonomics, i.e., by the quality of the interactions between citizens and the elements of the built environment. Measuring and modelling urban ergonomics is thus a key issue to provide urban policy makers with planning solutions to increase the well-being, usability and safety of the urban environment. However, this is a difficult task due to the complexity of the interrelations between the urban environment and human activities. The paper contributes to the definition of a generalized model of urban ergonomics and salutogenicity, focusing on walkability, by discussing the relevant parameters from the large and variegated sets proposed in the literature, by discussing the emerging model structure from a data mining process, by considering the background of the relevant functional dependency already established in the literature, and by providing evidence of the solutions’ effectiveness. The methodology is developed for a case study in central Italy, with a focus on the mobility issue, which is a catalyst to generate more salutogenic and sustainable behaviors.

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“…Pedestrians display various behaviors in everyday situations while crossing the street (Soathong et al, 2021). There are many studies examining pedestrian behavior to analyze the traffic environment better ,such as waiting time (Hamed, 2001;Yannis et al, 2013), crossing time (Demiroz et al, 2015), crossing speed (Aghabayk et al, 2021;Demiroz et al, 2015), delay (Holland & Hill, 2010), gap acceptance (Demiroz et al, 2015;Yannis et al, 2013), crossing compliance (Demiroz et al, 2015;Holland & Hill, 2010;Papadimitriou et al, 2017;Sisiopiku & Akin, 2003;Yagil, 2000), route and crossing choice (Holland & Hill, 2010;Papadimitriou et al, 2017;Schultz et al, 2015;Sisiopiku & Akin, 2003), etc. In addition, gender and age differences in these pedestrian crossing behaviors and preferences have been widely reported in the literature (Herrero-Fernández et al, 2016;Holland & Hill, 2010;Yagil, 2000).…”

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“…Environmental factors are also related to pedestrian behavior. Schultz et al (2015) investigated how the built environment affects crossing behaviors and traffic speeds. Accordingly, the installation of a signalized pedestrian crossing resulted in an increase in safe street crossings and calmed traffic volume and speed in an underserved neighborhood compared to a control area without infrastructure changes.…”

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Pedestrians' Crossing Behaviors and Crossing Preferences: A Field Study

Çinar¹,

Yılmaz²,

Öz³

2022

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Pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable road user groups in traffic and face many risky situations in traffic, especially when pedestrians cross the street, where a pedestrians-vehicle interaction or conflict is most likely. Different from the previous studies on pedestrian behavior, the current study targeted exploring pedestrian behavior and safety at a specific street in Ankara-Tunalı Hilmi Street Turkey employing two different data collection methods. Specifically, the current study aimed to understand the behaviors, perceptions, and crossing preferences of pedestrians in the study area. In addition to the above, it aimed to identify situations that create safety concerns for pedestrians in the area and offer area-specific countermeasures addressing these concerns. For this purpose, an online survey study and an observational study were conducted. The results of the survey based on investigations of the crossing preferences of 96 pedestrians revealed an understanding of the participants' motivation when crossing the street, their attitudes toward traffic rules, and their safety perceptions about the area. Additionally, it targeted to understand the situations that negatively affect road safety in the area for pedestrians. According to the survey respondents, the study area was unsafe for pedestrians and the biggest problem in terms of pedestrian safety is vehicle traffic and parking. The observation study presented significant differences in crosswalk use, compliance with the signal between pedestrians who cross alone or in a pair and those who cross in a group. People who cross the street as a group use crosswalk and comply with the traffic signal more than people crossing alone or in a pair. In addition, considering the illegal crossing rate, it can be said that jaywalkers -people who do not use crosswalk -are the majority in the study area. As a result, the current study helps to arrange crossing facilities according to pedestrian preference because the proper design of facilities contributes to pedestrian safety and encourages walking without sacrificing safety and comfort. Accordingly, reducing vehicle traffic, increasing and arranging parking areas, and increasing number of pedestrian facilities are suggested to increase pedestrian safety in the area.

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“…Considering the requirements that it satisfies and the performances that it groups together, this category has an important influence on the behavior and habits of the inhabitants. [7,22,23]  The category built environment (Table 1) mobility [30,31,32,33,34] as "part of the daily life of all the inhabitants, by means of transportation, free time and workplace activities…. " [35].…”

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Walkable Urban Environments: An Ergonomic Approach of Evaluation

Appolloni¹,

Giretti²,

D'Alessandro³

2019

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Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) stresses the need to create active environments, able to promote physical activity of people, according to their ability. Objective; This paper describes a new tool curried out to meaasure the relationship between the characteristics of urban space and its salutogenicity, intended as its ability to address population toward healthy lifestyles. Salutogenity has been read in terms of ergonomics of urban space. Method: The tool includes a set of 67 parameters, classified in needs, requirements and performance. It focuses on three requirements: usability, wellbeing and safety. The related performances are measured by a set of 29 indicators, divided in 5 categories (natural elements, built environment, mobility, urban furniture and perceived environment). To calibrate the tool, it was applied to 10 neighborhoods of Rieti city. To take into account the relationship between the variables, a causal network (Bayesian network) was applied. Findings: The average value of ergonomics of Rieti city, obtained applying the discrete bayesian model is 44.25%. Using the network, it is evident that by intervening on one node, the information requested expands to all the other nodes to which it is connected directly or indirectly, showing all the possible related factors. Conclusions: By using the tool and the discrete bayesian network it was possible to focus on the realities requiring analysis and to indicate the areas where the first interventions would be useful to increase the value of the analyzed nodes and, consequently, to improve the urban salutogenicity.

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The Impact of a Signalized Crosswalk on Traffic Speed and Street-Crossing Behaviors of Residents in an Underserved Neighborhood

Cited by 9 publications

References 32 publications

Walkable Urban Environments: An Ergonomic Approach of Evaluation

Walkable Urban Environments: An Ergonomic Approach of Evaluation

Pedestrians' Crossing Behaviors and Crossing Preferences: A Field Study

Walkable Urban Environments: An Ergonomic Approach of Evaluation

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