01054546

Component

Hawaii recently strengthened its pedestrian crosswalk laws. The purpose of this study is to examine patterns of violation and compliance with the law among both pedestrians and drivers. A series of observational studies were undertaken in the Spring of 2006. In addition to reporting on rates of compliance, the characteristics of both pedestrians and drivers who either violate or comply with the law are described. Overall, while pedestrian compliance is higher than that of drivers, there are some interesting differences to report in terms of age, gender, type of intersection, land use, and other contributing factors. In addition to presenting the results of a descriptive statistical analysis, several logistic regression models predicting the likelihood of violation of the crosswalk laws by either pedestrians or drivers, as a function of their background characteristics, the type of intersection, and other factors are developed and presented. Future directions for research and enhancing the safety of pedestrians are described in a concluding section.

01042056

07-0174

English

18p

2007

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

CD-ROM

References (15) ; Tables (6)

Crosswalks; Moving violations; Pedestrians; Regression analysis; Safety; Statistical sampling; Transportation policy

Honolulu (Hawaii)

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-0174

BTRIS, TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2007 4:45PM