Quantifying the effect of pedestrian control devices on pedestrian safety

• Main Author: Baumanis, Carolina
• Other Authors: Machemehl, Randy B.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Pedestrian safety; Driver yielding behavior; Crossing facilities; Marked crosswalks; Unmarked crosswalks; Austin; Refuge Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2152/72708; https://doi.org/10.15781/T2XK85B2V

There are many interventions that can reduce pedestrian crashes, including clarifying the indications transmitted to the travelers in the traffic network via the built environment. By design, the built environment aims to make who has the right-of-way very clear by presenting expected, easy-to-inter...