@article{ref1,
title="Exploring safety impacts of pedestrian-crossing configurations at signalized junctions on urban roads with public transport routes",
journal="International journal of injury control and safety promotion",
year="2018",
author="Gitelman, Victoria and Carmel, Roby and Doveh, Etti and Hakkert, Shalom",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="31-40",
abstract="This study explored the impacts of pedestrian-crossing configurations and other design features, on accident occurrences at signalized junctions situated on central public transport routes (PTRs) of urban arterials. Statistical tests and negative-binomial regression models were applied to identify factors affecting accidents and to examine accident numbers of the PTR junctions as opposed to comparison-sites. At the PTR junctions, a consistent impact of pedestrian-crossing configurations on accidents was found, where a gradated-crossing with mixed-shifting is the least safe. Four-legged junctions tend to higher accident numbers relative to the three-legged junctions. PTR junctions are characterized by higher accident numbers, related to comparison-sites, when controlling for other design characteristics. The study findings may assist in selecting preferable design solutions while planning PTR.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1745-7300",
doi="10.1080/17457300.2017.1310740",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2017.1310740"
}