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Title:

Effectiveness of Automatic Pedestrian Detection Device and Smart Lighting for Pedestrian Safety

Accession Number:

01125558

Record Type:

Component

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Abstract:

A summary is given of an evaluation of the effectiveness of an automatic pedestrian detection device and a smart lighting system in improving pedestrian safety. These countermeasures were deployed at a midblock location in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Nevada. The evaluations are based on field observations of pedestrian and motorist behaviors before and after the installation of the countermeasures. Their effectiveness was evaluated by using the following measures: percentage of pedestrians who looked to their left and right before and while crossing, percentage of pedestrians who changed their course of action, percentage of pedestrians trapped in the middle of the road, percentage of motorists who yielded to pedestrians, distance from the crosswalk at which motorists yielded to pedestrians, and delays. The results show an increase in pedestrians’ observational behavior and an improvement in motorists’ yielding behavior. A reduction in the number of pedestrians trapped in the roadway was also observed. Overall, the installation of the automatic pedestrian detection device and the smart lighting showed positive safety benefits for motorists’ and pedestrians’ behaviors at the test location. The findings from this study could be used to enhance pedestrian safety on arterial roads in other cities with similar demographic characteristics and traffic conditions.

Monograph Accession #:

01149182

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-3171

Language:

English

Authors:

Nambisan, Shashi S
Pulugurtha, Srinivas S
Vasudevan, Vinod
Dangeti, Mukund R
Virupaksha, Vinay

Pagination:

pp 27-34

Publication Date:

2009

Serial:

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

Issue Number: 2140
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

9780309142731

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Photos (2) ; References (23) ; Tables (4)

Geographic Terms:

Las Vegas Metropolitan Area

Subject Areas:

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

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 7:34PM

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