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http://dx.doi.org/10.12815/kits.2014.13.6.077

A Study on Effectiveness of Safety Barriers Restraining Illegal Pedestrian Crossing on Exclusive Median Bus Corridor - Case Study at Sookmyung Women's University Bus Station -  

Kim, Jin-Tae (Korea Nation University of Transportation)
Kim, Jun-Young (Korea Nation University of Transportation)
Bae, Hyun-Sik (Korea Nation University of Transportation)
Lee, Dong-Il (Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement)
Publication Information
The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems / v.13, no.6, 2014 , pp. 77-87 More about this Journal
Abstract
It has reported that a median bus-stop island on an exclusive median bus lane (EMBL) has shortened a crossing distance unit, encouraged a pedestrian's illegal crossing, and increased the number of accidents in the area. This study presents (1) the analysis of inappropriate pedestrian crossing patterns collected on exclusive median bus corridors and (2) the estimated performance of safety barriers restraining the occurrence of those. Total 19,649 pedestrian crossing data collected at the 'Sookmyung-university' median bus-stop, and the inappropriate pedestrian crossing patterns among those were grouped in terms of time and space violations. Physical safety barriers restraining illegal pedestrian crossings were considered as an alternative, and its performance in safety was quantified through microscopic simulation with conflict analyses by using surrogate safety assessment model. The findings suggest the number of conflicts reduced be 24.9 percentages compared to the one of the present condition when the physical safety barriers are placed at each of the eight ends of the EMBL pedestrian crossing.
Keywords
Pedestrian safety; pedestrian crossing; exclusive median bus lane; screen door; conflict analysis; pedestrian crossing behavior;
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