Modelling Pedestrian Overall Satisfaction Level at Signalised Intersection Crosswalks

Jitendra Singh, Yadav, Anuj Jaiswal, Raman Nateriya
International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology   unpublished
This study aims to find out the factors influencing pedestrian Level of service at crosswalks of signalized intersection and proposed a method to determine the pedestrian level of service at signalized intersection crosswalks by manipulating and quantifying the pedestrian perceived overall satisfaction level. A pedestrian survey was conducted to collect pedestrians overall satisfaction level in terms of safety, comfort and convenience for each crossing at signalised intersection based on
more » ... ian's experiences at the actual sites. The pedestrian overall satisfaction level was considered as the dependent variables for the regression analysis. Also a field survey was conducted to collect geometric, operational and traffic characteristics of each crosswalk at selected four signalised intersection. Crosswalk holding area , crosswalk marking, motorist behaviour, left turning vehicles volume, left turning vehicles speed, red timing for pedestrian, were identified as the main factors affecting pedestrian LOS at intersections. Pedestrian overall satisfaction level model were developed by a stepwise multivariable regression analysis using SPSS software. Percentage of pedestrian overall satisfaction was then transformed to six levels of service categories. The resulting general model has a high correlation coefficient (R 2 =0.931) with the average observations, and is applicable to most of the developing cities of India like Bhopal. This model provides traffic planners and others the ability of rating signalised intersection crosswalks according to pedestrians' overall satisfaction level. This model may be used for evaluating existing signalised intersection, designing new signalised intersection, or redesigning existing signalised intersection.
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