Importance of pedestrian start-up times at signalised crosswalks

Jayatilake, S; Premachandra, N; Wickramasinghe, V

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dc.contributor.author	Jayatilake, S
dc.contributor.author	Premachandra, N
dc.contributor.author	Wickramasinghe, V
dc.contributor.editor	Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-26T09:03:41Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-26T09:03:41Z
dc.date.issued	2017-07
dc.identifier.citation	Jayatilake, S., Premachandra, N., & Wickramasinghe, V. (2017). Importance of pedestrian start-up times at signalised crosswalks [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2017 (pp. 189-193). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics. https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2017/	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17706
dc.description	The total time required for pedestrians to cross the road is the summation of the time required to traverse the crosswalk and the pedestrian start-up time. But most signal time calculations do not pay attention to start-up time. This may result in dangerous situations caused due to pedestrian-vehicle interactions. Pedestrian start-up time is the difference between the time at which the pedestrian stepped off the curb to cross the road and the time at which the pedestrian signal phase turns into green. If the pedestrian steps off the curb during red phase, then it is early start-up time. If the pedestrian steps off the curb during green phase, it is delayed start-up time. Pedestrian behaviour varies according to several factors. Knoblauch et al. (1996), have considered weather, age, gender, curb height etc. and data were categorised accordingly. But Golani and Damti (2007), have considered the behaviour of a group of pedestrians. In this research, age, gender, group size and the familiarity of the pedestrians to the signal phase were considered. When considering the results of Vujanic et al. (2014), 17.5% pedestrians have started crossing during red phase. The highest number of offenders of both genders is under the age of 30 and the majority is male. This paper shows the importance in considering start-up times of pedestrians at signalised crosswalks.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://slstl.lk/r4tli-2017/	en_US
dc.subject	Start-up time	en_US
dc.subject	Early start-up	en_US
dc.subject	Delayed start-up	en_US
dc.title	Importance of pedestrian start-up times at signalised crosswalks	en_US
dc.type	Conference-Extended-Abstract	en_US
dc.identifier.faculty	Engineering	en_US
dc.identifier.department	Department of Transport and Logistics Management	en_US
dc.identifier.year	2017	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	2nd International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2017	en_US
dc.identifier.place	Colombo	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	pp. 189-193	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2017	en_US