@article{ref1,
title="Evaluation of an integrated lighting-warning system on motorists' yielding at unsignalized crosswalks during nighttime",
journal="Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour",
year="2020",
author="Costa, Marco and Lantieri, Claudio and Vignali, Valeria and Ghasemi, Navid and Simone, Andrea",
volume="68",
number="",
pages="132-143",
abstract="Drivers' yielding behavior to pedestrians during nighttime was assessed in seven different conditions of crosswalk lighting: (a) baseline condition with standard road lighting; (b) enhanced LED lighting that increased lighting level from 70 to 120 lx; (c) flashing orange beacons on top of the backlit pedestrian crossing sign; (d) in-curb LED strips on the curbsides of the zebra crossing with steady light emission; (e) in-curb LED strips with flashing light emission; (d) all previous devices activated with in-curb LED strips in steady mode; (e) all previous devices activated with in-curb LED strips in flashing mode. For every condition 100 trials were recorded with a staged pedestrian that initiated a standardized crossing when a vehicle was approaching. The frequency of drivers' yielding was computed for each condition. A significant increase for yielding compliance was recorded from standard road lighting to enhanced dedicated lighting (19-38.21%), and from enhanced dedicated lighting to the seventh condition with the flashing beacons and the flashing in-curb LED strips activated (38.21-63.56%). The results showed that the integrated lighting-warning system for pedestrian crossings was effective in increasing motorists' yielding to pedestrians during nighttime.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-8478",
doi="10.1016/j.trf.2019.12.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2019.12.004"
}