Investigation of Road and Roadside Design Elements Associated With Elderly Pedestrian Safety

015905002015Final ReportPDFResearch PaperDTRT12-G-UTC01UCNR24-30AgedHighway designPedestrian clearance interval (Traffic signals)Pedestrian safetySignalized intersectionsTraffic signal phasesTraffic signalsHighwaysOperations and Traffic ManagementSafety and Human FactorsI73: Traffic ControlI82: Accidents and Transport InfrastructureUnited StatesConnecticutMassachusettsNew England University Transportation CenterIvan, John N.Ravishanker, NaliniUniversity of Connecticut. Dept. of Civil and Environmental EngineeringNew England University Transportation CenterMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology AdministrationUS Transportation CollectionThis project consisted of two studies of pedestrian safety and operations at signalized intersections: (1) Safety Effects of Exclusive and Concurrent Signal Phasing for Pedestrian Crossing and (2) A Study of Pedestrian Compliance with Traffic Signals for Exclusive and Concurrent Phasing. Two published documents were generated. The focus of the project was on evaluating the effect of an operational characteristic \u2013 pedestrian signal phasing design. The authors evaluated the safety effects of two different types of pedestrian signal phasing in the context of several roadway and roadside characteristics.75