Abstract
Most safety concerns for pedestrian trips arise during road crossing, due to the interaction of pedestrians with motorized vehicles. This present paper attempts to explore the factors that have significant impact on pedestrians’ crossing behavior, and to identify the group of pedestrians that appear to be the most prone to crossing a road during the first five seconds of the red phase. In this context, observations were conducted in twelve signalized crossings in one-way roads, in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The collected data (600 observations of crossing pedestrians) were analyzed statistically; more specifically, the observations were analyzed through descriptive statistics, and a classification tree was developed for predicting pedestrians’ decisions. The results indicate that pedestrians’ crossing behavior is most of all affected by the behavior of other pedestrians in the signalized crossing. Also, the number of traffic lanes has an impact on pedestrians’ decision to cross the road during the first five seconds of the red-light phase.
Highlights
Crossing Dilemma during the FirstWalking is considered to be one of the most universal activities
The aim of this paper is to identify the factors with the most significant impact on pedestrians, as well as to identify combinations of variables which in many cases lead to illegal crossing
In the majority of the observations, there was no other pedestrian waiting for the green light indicator to cross the crosswalk; contrariwise, at 74% of the observations, there was at least one pedestrian crossing illegally
Summary
Crossing Dilemma during the FirstWalking is considered to be one of the most universal activities. Walking is the most accessible and affordable mode of transportation. According to the European Commission, walking is promoting sustainability by contributing to the reduction of CO2 emissions (European Commission 2011), as well as relieving traffic congestion, vital to communities (Leyden 2003). For these reasons’, sustainable planning gives high priority to walking (Sdoukopoulos et al 2019), and cities attempt to promote walking by applying effective programs and implementing pedestrian-friendly facilities. One of the most common reasons for pedestrian injuries and deaths is their incompliance with the transportation laws (Israel Police 2006; Kim and Mateo-Babiano 2018). The collision risk level increases up to eight times when pedestrians adopt illegal behavior at signalized intersections (Tiwari et al 2006; King et al 2009)
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