Safety assessment of pedestrian crossing solutions

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Piotr Olszewski

p.olszewski@il.pw.edu.pl

Witold Czajewski

w.czajewski@isep.pw.edu.pl

Paweł Dąbkowski

p.dabkowki@il.pw.edu.pl

Piotr Szagała

p.szagala@il.pw.edu.pl

Abstract

Paper presents preliminary findings from the research project Mobis which is aimed at developing a method of assessing safety of pedestrian road crossings by using video image analysis. Pedestrian and vehicle traffic has been recorded at a selected crossing site in Warsaw for 2 months, before and after installation of safety measures which included active signage and speed humps. Speeds of approaching vehicles were measured and vehicle-pedestrian conflict situations identified by using video analysis. Results indicate that both SignFlash active signage and speed humps reduce mean vehicle speed and have a positive impact on drivers’ behaviour.

Keywords:

Pedestrian safety, pedestrian crossing, image analysis, conflict technique

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Article Details

“Safety assessment of pedestrian crossing solutions” (2014) Budownictwo i Architektura / Civil and Architectural Engineering, 13(4), pp. 177–184. doi:10.35784/bud-arch.1758.