pedestrians and to analyze pedestrian safety at crossings. The main objective of this paper is to present the development of a method to evaluate the potential risk of pedestrian crashes at midblock crossings, consistent with the realities of developing countries. The method comprises the identification of high-frequency crash locations that involve pedestrians, the selection of factors associa...

Pedestrian behavioral modeling is a topic that is receiving more and more attention in different areas of application such as panic analysis, building evacuation and surveillance systems. We propose a model based on discrete choice theory for pedestrian dynamic behavior. Our model is based on a local discretization of the space around each pedestrian, as opposed to other models which are contin...

We present a new method for obstacle and pedestrian detection with lower computation complexity and higher detection performance on a small target. By calculating stereo disparity according to the road parameters, our system efficiently detects objects above the ground. Experiments on over 10,000 images captured in urban areas demonstrate our method’s effectiveness. We also propose a multi-scal...

OBJECTIVE Pedestrian and cyclist collisions comprise a significant proportion of preventable injury. In urban settings, collision rates have been linked to various socio-demographic factors. We sought to determine whether neighbourhood marginalization affects pedestrian and cyclist collisions in the Greater Toronto Area. METHODS For 114 intersections, pedestrian and cyclist collisions were ex...

Motorized transportation systems in the urban areas witnessed huge developments in the infrastructures thanks to the advances in various aspects of technology. This urbanization revolution has its own pros and cons. The resulting dominance of vehicles has limited the presence of people in public places and their participation in social activities, threatening the human based lifestyle of the ci...

In the process of walking, most pedestrians prefer to choose shortest path, which requires passing through conflict area. However, in case high crowd density, 5–20% total population will follow pre-planned route before walking or during initial period trip bypass Aiming at reproducing this detour behavior phenomenon, an extended social force model (SFM) is proposed according a three-layer pedes...

this research paper lays stress on philosophies of human desire. all the human being has some psychical need in addition to physical needs. and to satisfy the psychical needs, there is a need for stimulants, more in case of exclusive pedestrian precincts. having exclusively pedestrian precincts/cores in city design draws its inspiration from the fact that public zones, accessible to majority of...

Pedestrian modelling is frequently used for making decisions regarding the planning, design, and management of pedestrian areas. For example, the designer of a new shopping mall would be interested in what locations people are likely to be attracted to, or the operators of a large-scale event might like to know where congested areas are likely to occur so they can develop management plans. The ...

Pedestrians are considered as one of the most vulnerable road users in less developed countries (LDCs). Yet, pedestrian safety remains poorly addressed in both urban and rural transportation plans in most LDCs. Since most pedestrian injury severity studies are conducted in developed countries, this study fills the gap with an inquiry focused on a highly urbanized region of an LDC that faces a r...