TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of Pedestrian Behavior on Mid-block Crosswalks
T2 - A Case Study in Fortaleza—Brazil
AU - Torres, Caio
AU - Sobreira, Lucas
AU - Castro-Neto, Manoel
AU - Cunto, Flávio
AU - Vecino-Ortiz, Andrés
AU - Allen, Katharine
AU - Hyder, Adnan
AU - Bachani, Abdulgafoor
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001 by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)—Grant id #307131/2017-3 and by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Support Foundation for Technical Services, Teaching and Research Promotion (FASTEF).
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by CAPES, CNPq, and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 Torres, Sobreira, Castro-Neto, Cunto, Vecino-Ortiz, Allen, Hyder and Bachani.
PY - 2020/1/31
Y1 - 2020/1/31
N2 - In urban streets, pedestrians compete with vehicles for right-of-way. In some situations, it may be very challenging for pedestrians to deal with complex, sometimes hostile, traffic conflicts, especially in urban areas. This paper provides an exploratory analysis of pedestrian behavior on four types of mid-blocks crossing facilities in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. The analysis was based on descriptive statistics and logistic regression models of variables related to signal control, facilities, and pedestrian characteristics and behavior. The models considered the following binary variables: (i) crossing vs. no crossing during pedestrian red phase; (ii) driver yielded vs. did not yield while pedestrian crossing; (iii) normal vs. aggressive/risked pedestrian behavior while crossing. A total of 2,400 crossings were considered in this study. The results show that, in general, the increase of traffic demand was related to easier crossings. Moreover, the presence of raised crosswalks increased in about 20 times the chances of a driver yielding to pedestrians in comparison to the marked-only crosswalk. In addition, the presence of mechanisms that facilitate pedestrian crossings such as raised crosswalks or traffic signals reduced the number of aggressive/risked crossings considerably.
AB - In urban streets, pedestrians compete with vehicles for right-of-way. In some situations, it may be very challenging for pedestrians to deal with complex, sometimes hostile, traffic conflicts, especially in urban areas. This paper provides an exploratory analysis of pedestrian behavior on four types of mid-blocks crossing facilities in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. The analysis was based on descriptive statistics and logistic regression models of variables related to signal control, facilities, and pedestrian characteristics and behavior. The models considered the following binary variables: (i) crossing vs. no crossing during pedestrian red phase; (ii) driver yielded vs. did not yield while pedestrian crossing; (iii) normal vs. aggressive/risked pedestrian behavior while crossing. A total of 2,400 crossings were considered in this study. The results show that, in general, the increase of traffic demand was related to easier crossings. Moreover, the presence of raised crosswalks increased in about 20 times the chances of a driver yielding to pedestrians in comparison to the marked-only crosswalk. In addition, the presence of mechanisms that facilitate pedestrian crossings such as raised crosswalks or traffic signals reduced the number of aggressive/risked crossings considerably.
KW - logistic regression models
KW - mid-block crosswalks
KW - pedestrian behavior
KW - pedestrian crossing
KW - pedestrian facilities
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U2 - 10.3389/frsc.2020.00003
DO - 10.3389/frsc.2020.00003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103519933
SN - 2624-9634
VL - 2
JO - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
JF - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
M1 - 3
ER -