01365021

Monograph

This issue contains 17 papers on the following aspects of pedestrians: automatic pedestrian detectors; pedestrian sensor data quality; sign visibility for pedestrians; safety at unsignalized, marked midblock crosswalks; signal timings for two-stage, midblock pedestrian crosswalks; signal-based countermeasures for pedestrian safety; phase optimization at intersections with minimization of vehicle and pedestrian delays; crossing behaviors at signalized intersections; pedestrian activity modeling at signalized intersections; rates of physical activity by low-income and minority populations; greenway use; pedestrian models for predicting walking behavior; probability models for pedestrian injury severity; pedestrian safety programs in the centers of large cities; logistic regression model of fatality risk in vehicle-pedestrian crashes; using video sensors to estimate the frequency and length of pedestrian stride; and evaluating the accessibility of complex intersections.

English

163p

2011

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309223010

Print

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Accessibility; Behavior; Central business districts; Crosswalks; Data quality; Greenways; Injury severity; Intersections; Logistic regression analysis; Mathematical models; Midblock crossings; Pedestrian detectors; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Pedestrians; Signalized intersections; Signs; Traffic signal phases; Traffic signal timing; Video cameras; Visibility; Walking

Activity models; Pedestrian delay; Physical activity

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Mar 9 2012 1:58PM

• Can Walking Behavior Be Predicted? Analysis of Calibration and Fit of Pedestrian Models
• Crossing Behaviors of Pedestrians at Signalized Intersections: Observational Study and Survey in China
• Development and Implementation of Conflict-Based Assessment of Pedestrian Safety to Evaluate Accessibility of Complex Intersections
• Do Advance Yield Markings Increase Safe Driver Behaviors at Unsignalized, Marked Midblock Crosswalks? Driving Simulator Study
• Does Proximity to Activity-Inducing Facilities Explain Lower Rates of Physical Activity by Low-Income and Minority Populations?
• Effectiveness of Signal-Based Countermeasures for Pedestrian Safety: Findings from Pilot Study
• Enhancing the Quality of Infrared-Based Automatic Pedestrian Sensor Data by Nonparametric Statistical Method
• Estimation of Frequency and Length of Pedestrian Stride in Urban Environments with Video Sensors
• Exploring Your Own Backyard: Measurement of Greenway Use in Cary, North Carolina
• Field Evaluation of Automatic Pedestrian Detectors in Cold Temperatures
• Inconsistencies of Ordered and Unordered Probability Models for Pedestrian Injury Severity
• Logistic Regression Model of Risk of Fatality in Vehicle–Pedestrian Crashes on National Highways in Bangladesh
• Modeling of Pedestrian Activity at Signalized Intersections: Land Use, Urban Form, Weather, and Spatiotemporal Patterns
• Multiobjective Optimization of Signal Timings for Two-Stage, Midblock Pedestrian Crosswalk
• Pedestrian Safety Programs in Centers of Large Cities: Institutional Settings and Identified Barriers
• Sign Visibility for Pedestrians Assessed with Agent-Based Simulation
• Use of Genetic Algorithm for Phase Optimization at Intersections with Minimization of Vehicle and Pedestrian Delays