01590287

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2539-18

As part of a cooperative agreement with FTA, the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) in Portland, Oregon, conducted a demonstration test of three commercially available systems to warn pedestrians of turning transit buses. Forty-five buses were equipped with the warning systems for turning (15 buses with each of the three systems) for 7 months (between March and September 2014). A robust evaluation of the systems, including surveys and focus groups with bus operators and the general public, a video-based analysis of pedestrian behaviors, interviews with TriMet personnel, and a benefit–cost analysis, was conducted. The results showed a range of perceptions, levels of acceptance, and recommendations for improving the technologies. The benefit–cost results showed positive benefit–cost ratios even under the most conservative assumptions about the benefits and costs associated with the turn warning systems.

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English

pp 159–166

2016

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309441216

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Benefit cost analysis; Pedestrian safety; Transit buses; Turning traffic; Warning systems

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon; U.S. Federal Transit Administration

Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 12 2016 5:50PM

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