Choice Behavior of the Elderly Regarding Street-Crossing Facility

Abstract

This study aims to understand the street-crossing-facility choice behavior of the elderly. The footbridges were classified into three types with different levels of convenience. On the other hand, the safety of the crosswalk was assumed to be highly related to the remaining time of pedestrian green light. An adaptive SP survey was designed to collect choice data from individuals aged 60 years or above, and a multilevel logistic model was developed to analyze the behavior data. The results indicated that convenience and safety exert significant influence on the facility choice behavior. The choice behavior of the elderly toward making trade-off decision between convenience and safety was further discussed through the multilevel logistic regression analyses.

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“… Wei et al (2018) showed participants a sequence of videos and asked them to choose whether they would use a crosswalk or a crossing bridge ( Wei et al, 2018 ). The crosswalk included a pedestrian countdown device and the amount of time remaining was manipulated along with the accessibility of the crossing bridge.…”

“…However, when the speed limit was 70 km/hr, 84% of pedestrians used the overpass ( Alver & Onelcin, 2018 ). Therefore, it is possible that the presence of the signalized crosswalk in the Wei et al (2018) study made the overpass less appealing due to an apparently “safe” method of crossing.…”

“…Environmental factors that decreased the probability of having an interaction were the presence of a one-way street, crossings with a different surface material, and the presence of a curb extension (Cloutier et al, 2017). Wei et al (2018) showed participants a sequence of videos and asked them to choose whether they would use a crosswalk or a crossing bridge (Wei et al, 2018). The crosswalk included a pedestrian countdown device and the amount of time remaining was manipulated along with the accessibility of the crossing bridge.…”

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“…With an aging baby boomer population, elderly mobility is becoming an increasingly important social issue, which has aroused great interest in the research community. In recent years, researchers have studied the issue of elderly mobility from various perspectives, including public transit accessibility [28,29], pedestrian environment [30,31], driving behaviors [32,33], and crossing road intersections [34,35], among many others. Some of these studies have also reported many beneficial findings on the differences between elderly users in the different parts of the world.…”