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Apr 26, 2012
Factors Affecting Pedestrian Crossing Behaviors at Signalized Crosswalks in Urban Areas in Beijing and Singapore
Authors: Nan Jiang [email protected], Mi Shi [email protected], Yilong Xiao [email protected], Kan Shi [email protected], and Barry Watson [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: ICTIS 2011: Multimodal Approach to Sustained Transportation System Development: Information, Technology, Implementation
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This paper reports an observation investigation of pedestrian crossing behaviors conducted at signalized crosswalks in urban areas in Singapore and Beijing on typical workdays. Each crosswalk was observed 3 times in different periods, i.e. normal hours, lunch hours, and rush hours. A total of 103,956 pedestrians were observed. The results showed that lane type, lane number, intersection type, and culture had significant effect on illegal pedestrian crossing in both cities; observation period had no significant effect on pedestrian violation in both cities; the violation rate in Singapore was lower than that in Beijing. However, observers reported that illegal crossing of vulnerable pedestrians, e.g. pregnant, the lame, old men and women, was more obvious in Singapore than that in Beijing. Evidence proved the hypothesis that the violations were related to pedestrians' cognition of the definition of safety.
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Ph.D. Candidate, School of Management, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GUCAS), No. 80, Zhongguancun Road East, Haidian Dist., Beijing, 100190.E-mail: [email protected]
Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). 4A Datun Road, Chaoyang Dist., Beijing, 100101.E-mail: [email protected]
Undergraduate Student, Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University. 470 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1275.E-mail: [email protected]
Director, Centre for Social and Organizational Behaviors, GUCAS, No. 80, Zhongguancun Road East, Haidian Dist., Beijing, 100190.E-mail: [email protected]
Director, CARRS-Q, School of Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, CARRS-Q, Queensland University of Technology, 130 Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove Qld 4059, AUSTRALIA.E-mail: [email protected]
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