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http://dx.doi.org/10.12815/kits.2020.19.4.45

Improvement of Pedestrian Speed Criteria for the Pedestrian Green Interval at Silver Zone  

Han, Eum (Traffic Science Institute, Korea Road Traffic Authority)
Cho, Hyerim (Dept. of Smart City Research, Seoul Institute of Technology)
Mun, Sungchul (Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Jeonju University)
Yun, Sung Bum (Dept. of Smart City Research, Seoul Institute of Technology)
Park, Soon Yong (Dept. of Smart City Research, Seoul Institute of Technology)
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The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems / v.19, no.4, 2020 , pp. 45-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated basic data on walking characteristics, including walking speed and cognitive-response for the elderly, and based on these, the time of walking signal was calculated. The on-site survey examined the actual pedestrian crossing speed using a stopwatch, and the age was divided into groups of ordinary people and the elderly. Analysis of the data showed that the average walking speed for the general public was 1.29 m/s, while the average walking speed for the elderly was 1.13 m/s, higher than that of the general public. In addition, the lower speed of the 15th percentile was analyzed to 1.01 m/s for the general population and 0.85 m/s for the elderly, showing a lower walking speed than the standard for the general area and 0.8 m/s for the protected area. However, for senior citizens who use walking sticks or wheelchairs, the speed of the lower 15th-percentile is 0.73 m/s, which is lower than the current standard of protected areas, according to the analysis.
Keywords
Eldery pedestrian; Pedestrian accident; Walking speed; Cross-walk;
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