Affiliation:
1. Transportation Systems Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400 076, India
Abstract
Pedestrian crossings are important for accessing the adjacent land use facilities in daily life. Improperly designed crossing facilities cause discomfort to pedestrians and may even jeopardize their safety as well as being a hindrance to the smooth flow of vehicle traffic. These problems exist especially in developing countries such as India, where mixed traffic conditions prevail and road discipline is essentially absent. Thus, the design of efficient crossing facilities considering the flow of both pedestrians and vehicles is of utmost importance in these countries. In this regard, the objective of the current study was to propose warrants for pedestrian crossing facilities in midblock sections under mixed traffic conditions. To achieve this objective, pedestrian–vehicle ( PV2) conflict analysis was carried out at eight different unprotected midblock crosswalks in Mumbai, India. Videographic surveys were conducted and vehicle and pedestrian volumes were extracted, along with pedestrian-crossing characteristics such as crossing difficulty, safety and traffic, and vehicle characteristics. The initial computed PV2-values were adjusted by different factors, and k-means cluster analysis was carried out to determine the threshold PV2-values for selection of a suitable crosswalk facility. The study also highlighted the importance of taking into consideration site characteristics for evaluation of a midblock crosswalk facility. The results of this study are expected to have a wide range of applications in the design of new crosswalk facilities or in the improvement of existing pedestrian crosswalk facilities under mixed traffic conditions.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Civil and Structural Engineering
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