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Title:

Cultural, Perceptional and Educational Factors on Non-Motorized Traffic Safety

Accession Number:

01515941

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

An important measure of non-motorized traffic safety is the understanding of traffic rules and regulations by those who comprise non-motorized transportation modes as well as the motorists who must share the roadways with their fellow pedestrian and bicyclists. Streams of motorized and non-motorized traffic frequently meet at locations such as intersections with crosswalks, and mid-block crossings. Unfortunately, such high frequent interactions at these locations are responsible for a large proportion of crashes involving a pedestrian or bicyclist. Transportation officials attempt to mitigate these incidents through various methods of control, such as demarcation and pedestrian or bicyclist countermeasures, under the assumption that these countermeasures will be understood and yield appropriate behavior in road users. Ideally, this assumption would prove correct; however, a number of factors impact the variance in the level of understanding and compliance among the public, and many of these are outside of the control of transportation officials. This study examines if there are cultural, perceptional or educational differences in using transportation facilities associated with non-motorized traffic safety. Such differences are examined through a questionnaire survey conducted in four Michigan cities (Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Flint, and Grand Rapids). The results of this study reveal differences in understanding of non-motorized traffic safety rules that are dependent upon city-wide variations in culture, educational attainment, and perception.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB10 Traveler Behavior and Values. Alternate title: Cultural, Perceptional, and Educational Factors on Nonmotorized Traffic Safety

Monograph Accession #:

01503729

Report/Paper Numbers:

14-4459

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Clark, Matthew Levi
Oh, Jun-Seok
Kwigizile, Valerian
Van Houten, Ron

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2014

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC
Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Bicycle safety; Multicultural factors

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-4459

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 27 2014 3:33PM