A pedestrian perspective.
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WHAT’S SO FUNNY?
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WHAT PEDESTRIANS DO AT CROSSWALKS
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Shane Elliott at the University of Queensland did some research into pedestrian compliance at one- and tw0-stage pedestrian crossings:
- As the group size of pedestrians increases, so does compliance, with the compliance rate at a single stage crossing higher than that at a two-stage crossing for all group sizes.
- There is an increase in compliance as the crossing width increases, irrelevant of the crossing type that is present.
- Males are more prone and comfortable with taking risks and jeopardising their safety, than females.- The age compliance distribution shows that children have a higher compliance rate than any other age group for all crossing types.
- The distribution of compliance with vehicle volume tends to suggest that as vehicle volumes increase so does compliance.
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The acerbic Veronica Moss from A.U.T.O. visits a pedestrianized Times Square. She is appalled.
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“Pedestrians are cystic acne on the teenage forehead of this city.”
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