Simulation of Pedestrians Crossing a Street

Relationship between Pedestrians’ Speed, Density and Flow Rate of Crossings through Urban Intersections (Case Study: Rasht Metropolis) (RESEARCH NOTE)

Travels within the city are done in different ways, by vehicle or on foot. Thus, inevitably, a part of the travel is always done on foot. Since intersections as traffic nodes are determinant factor in transportation network capacity, any disruption in them leads to severe reduction in network capacity. Unfortunately, pedestrian behavior has received little attention in Iran. While this is a ver...

PROCEEDINGS of the Fifth International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design A SIMULATOR-BASED STREET-CROSSING TRAINING FOR OLDER PEDESTRIANS: SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS

The study aimed at developing and assessing a training method to improve the safety of elderly pedestrians with a simulator-based street-crossing technique specially designed to their needs and difficulties. Twenty seniors were enrolled in a street-crossing training program, and twenty other seniors were assigned to the control group (internet-use training). Before the training, immediately aft...

A Simulator-Based Street-Crossing Training for Older Pedestrians: Short and Long Term Effects

Street crossing behavior in younger and older pedestrians: an eye- and head-tracking study

BACKGROUND Crossing a street can be a very difficult task for older pedestrians. With increased age and potential cognitive decline, older people take the decision to cross a street primarily based on vehicles' distance, and not on their speed. Furthermore, older pedestrians tend to overestimate their own walking speed, and could not adapt it according to the traffic conditions. Pedestrians' be...

Elderly Pedestrians’ Visual Timing Strategies in a Simulated Street-crossing Situation

The purpose of the present experiment was to investigate the effect of age and of the approaching vehicle’s speed on crossing behavior in an interactive street crossing simulation. Seventy-eight subjects aged from 20-30, 60-70 and 7080, took part in the experiment. Half of them were female and half were male. The participants were asked to cross between two approaching cars if they judged cross...