Understanding the impact of the walking environment on pedestrian perception and comprehension of the situation

Lee, Meesung; Lee, Heerim; Hwang, Sungjoo; Choi, Myoungsub

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2021.101267

Cited by 8 publications

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“…The pedestrian environment consists of multiple unpredictable variables that affect the participants' awareness (e.g., tra c, noise). Therefore, experiment-based studies are better at controlling these variables (Lee et al 2021). All participants performed three scenarios for each method.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pedestrian safety is affected by their environment. Pedestrians must have a perception of the current situation, understand its meaning, and project the situation in the future to avoid any kind of collision while walking (Lee et al 2021). This refers to the importance of knowing the SA of pedestrians using effective measurement methods.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Pedestrian safety has become a serious concern as the number of serious injuries to deaths from tra c accidents involving pedestrians increases. Nearly 50% of pedestrian deaths are related to disorder and unconsciousness (Lee et al 2021). Reduced pedestrian awareness is generally due to walking being done repeatedly daily without much cognitive consideration (Harms et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a pedestrian environment, many elements contribute to the safety of its users. To walk safely, pedestrians must understand these elements and predict their potential dangers (Lee et al 2021), just as the concept of situation awareness (SA) refers to knowing what is happening in an environment, understanding those elements for the present and future (Endsley and Garland 2000). In designing a new system or procedure in a particular domain, the individual level of SA becomes important (Endsley et al 2003;Salmon et al 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Situation Awareness Measurement in Pedestrian Environments: A Comparison between Freeze-probing and Realtime-probing technique

Akbar

Wijayanto

Hartono

2022

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Pedestrian safety is affected by their environment. Reduced pedestrian awareness is generally due to walking being an activity repeatedly every day. Situation Awareness (SA) measurements can evaluate a pedestrian's ability to handle environmental situations. This refers to the importance of knowing the SA of pedestrians using effective measurement methods. This study aims to evaluate methods of measuring SA based on the effectiveness of its measure in a pedestrian environment by comparing the freeze-probing and real-time-probing techniques. Participants were eleven pedestrians (seven male) with an average age of 22 (SD ± 1.3) years old and walking habits for 15 (SD ± 8.5) minutes/day. Participants watched a video of a pedestrian walking on a treadmill with three speed levels. SA was measured by freeze and realtime-probing in different scenarios. Performance was determined based on verbal protocol. The realtime-probing has better sensitivity, but it has more problems with intrusiveness. Based on the regression results between predictors in the form of SA scores and performance as dependent variables, this probe shows better predictive results at low workload conditions, which corresponds to the characteristics of the pedestrian domain. Based on its advantages, real-time-probing is considered more effective for SA measurement needs in pedestrian environments that tend to be simple, stable, and do not cause high workloads. An effective measurement method will result in an accurate measure of SA score that can be the basis for developing the concept of SA and designing new designs or procedures in the pedestrian environment.

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“…Jansson ( 16 ) presented social control and urban structure as factors affecting pedestrian safety perception and found that people feel safer in the streets where police or safety personnel are present for social control; the greater the number of people on the streets, the safer they feel. Lee et al ( 17 ) investigated pedestrian perceptions of safety-related information in the walking environment, focusing on individual situation awareness. Ariffin and Zahari ( 18 ) concluded that proximity to the destination and good weather conditions promoted walking and increased perceived walkability.…”

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Enhancing pedestrian perceived safety through walking environment modification considering traffic and walking infrastructure

Kim,

Choi,

Choi

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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Urban policies have recently been formulated, following the increasing interest in pedestrian-friendly cities, people-centered safety, and accessibility. Despite the research efforts on physical walking safety, safety evaluations centered on pedestrian perception have been under-reported. Investigating the factors affecting pedestrian subjective safety perception is critical to promoting walking intention because pedestrians forgo walking if they feel unsafe. This study explored the relationship between various walking environmental factors and pedestrians’ psychological perception of safety by surveying 99 pedestrians’ perceptions at nine study sites and conducting a field investigation. Because of the multifaceted nature of pedestrian perception, mediation effect analyses were also conducted to understand the relationship between walking environment factors and perceived safety in depth, considering the role of the perception of traffic characteristics and walking infrastructure. This study found that walking environmental factors closely related to physical safety (e.g., traffic safety facilities and crosswalks) may not greatly contribute to perceived safety and demonstrated that maintaining infrastructure quality is essential for enhancing perceived safety, considering the mediating effect of the perception of infrastructure on perceived safety. The results imply that to improve the walking environment, it is necessary to consider both the physical safety and the perceived safety of pedestrians. This requires comprehensive planning for enhancing traffic safety facilities as well as ensuring user comfort and pleasure through quality infrastructure. This study can provide a basis for enhancing pedestrian-centered safety and promoting residents’ walking intention for public health while increasing their perceptions of safety.

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Situation awareness of distracted walking based on eye-tracking study

Akbar,

Wijayanto,

Hartono

2024

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Understanding the impact of the walking environment on pedestrian perception and comprehension of the situation

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Situation Awareness Measurement in Pedestrian Environments: A Comparison between Freeze-probing and Realtime-probing technique

Situation Awareness Measurement in Pedestrian Environments: A Comparison between Freeze-probing and Realtime-probing technique

Enhancing pedestrian perceived safety through walking environment modification considering traffic and walking infrastructure

Situation awareness of distracted walking based on eye-tracking study

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