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https://doi.org/10.3141/1878-03

http://scholar.google.com...land&publication_year=2004

In 2002 the city of Oakland, California, implemented a scramble signal at the intersection of 8th and Webster Streets. Scrambles are traffic signals that give pedestrians exclusive access to an intersection by stopping vehicular traffic on all approaches, allowing pedestrians to cross diagonally or conventionally. The primary objective of this evaluation was to determine whether the installation of the pedestrian scramble at this location increased pedestrian safety. An analysis was conducted of pedestrian vehicle conflicts and pedestrian violations occurring at the intersection before and after the signal was modified, and pedestrians were surveyed to ascertain public attitude toward and comprehension of the change. The modification to scramble signal phasing at the intersection resulted in a statistically significant decrease in conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles and a statistically significant increase in pedestrian violations. In general, pedestrians understood the change in the way the intersection operated and were accepting of the change. These results suggest that the scramble has been effective overall in improving safety conditions at the site. The increased number of violations occurring despite decreased conflicts is in part due to a proportion of pedestrians who cross illegally on the safe side crosswalk (i.e., the crosswalk parallel to moving traffic in which there are no opportunities for conflicts). It is important that the scramble signal be monitored over time to quantify the extent to which reduced vehicle-pedestrian conflicts associated with the scramble translate into measurable reductions in pedestrian injuries and fatalities.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1878, Pedestrians and Bicycles; Developing Countries.

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English

p. 19-26

2004

Transportation Research Record

0309094720

Figures (3) ; References (10) ; Tables (2)

Attitudes; Before and after studies; Comprehension; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Signalized intersections; Traffic conflicts

Pedestrian violations

Pedestrian scramble signals

Oakland (California)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

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