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Study on the Effects of Refuge Islands on Pedestrian Crossing Behavior and Safety

  • Lai Zheng*
  • , Shuyu Fan
  • , Hansheng Jiao
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

This paper studies the effects of refuge islands on pedestrian crossing behavior and safety. A refuge island installed in Harbin city, China, was the research object, and the traffic operations before and after the installation were recorded using cameras. The computer vision and traffic conflict techniques were used to extract the red light running data, speed data, and traffic conflict data of pedestrians crossing. The effects of the refuge islands were analyzed via the before-after comparison method. The results show that the installation of refuge island has significantly improved the safety level of pedestrian crossing; in terms of behavioral characteristics, the pedestrians’ half-way crossing duration, the speed of pedestrians crossing during the green light period, and the proportion of pedestrians’ half-way red light violation have increased after the installation, indicating that more pedestrians are eager to reach the refuge island before completing the entire crossing with the safety island installed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCICTP 2023
Subtitle of host publicationInnovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation - Proceedings of the 23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals
EditorsYanyan Chen, Jianming Ma, Guohui Zhang, Haizhong Wang, Lijun Sun, Zhengbing He
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages1297-1306
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9780784484869
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals: Innovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation, CICTP 2023 - Beijing, China
Duration: 14 Jul 202317 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameCICTP 2023: Innovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation - Proceedings of the 23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals

Conference

Conference23rd COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals: Innovation-Empowered Technology for Sustainable, Intelligent, Decarbonized, and Connected Transportation, CICTP 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period14/07/2317/07/23

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