Improving the safety of distracted pedestrians with in-ground flashing lights. A railway crossing field study

Larue, Grégoire S.; Watling, Christopher N.; Black, Alex A.; Wood, Joanne M.

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2021.02.014

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“…3,8,46,47 These include references to lightingbased solutions (e.g., dispelling blue light source, lighting linked to a movement sensor and tracking spotlight linked to a movement sensor 8 ). Still, there are few rigorous studies of the implementation or effectiveness of lighting to influence safety behaviours in laboratory or field trials (for some examples of such studies, see 4,5,38,48 Where possible, these functional requirements have been identified by the behaviour types (suicide, trespass, risky behaviour) that can be addressed by the functionality of the lighting.…”

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“…dispelling blue light source, lighting linked to a movement sensor and tracking spotlight linked to a movement sensor 8 ). Still, there are few rigorous studies of the implementation or effectiveness of lighting to influence safety behaviours in laboratory or field trials (for some examples of such studies, see Larue et al ., 4 Ryan et al ., 5 Siques, 39 Patella et al . 48 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In-ground lighting: Lights mounted into the pavement which flash to alert pedestrians to their proximity to level crossings have been found to draw attention inside and outside of the laboratory 4,38 Larue et al 38 described LED flashing yellow lights positioned (1) on the wall (control); on the floor (2) 1 m, (3) 2 m and (4) 4 m away from the participant. Two LED arrays were positioned to the left and right of the participant.…”

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“…These two arrays were 1.2 m apart, allowing participants to walk between the LED arrays without the risk of falling. Larue et al 4 describe the following intervention "in-ground LEDs comprised yellow flashing lights, which were activated on both sides of the crossing simultaneously by the movement of pedestrians just before their entrance into the maze of the level crossing (around a meter and a half away from the maze).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway

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Ryan

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Lighting Research & Technology

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Three behaviour types – suicide, trespass and risky behaviours, which can result in entry to railway tracks – present an ongoing challenge to the rail industry for fatality prevention. Many preventative interventions exist, operating at different stages in the timeline of a person’s decision to access the tracks to the point that they have entered and remain in the track area. However, there is little understanding of the impacts of interventions on the behaviours in question. This paper outlines the generation of the functional requirements for the use of lighting as safety interventions, which can contribute towards the development and evaluation of such interventions. The study includes the analysis of literature on how lighting has been used to date in the prevention of suicide, trespass and other risky behaviour on railway property. Interviews were carried out with 13 key stakeholders who have expertise in the behaviours in question and awareness of the range of safety interventions used in practice in railway settings. The analysis explores how lighting can be used to influence these different behaviour types. Functionalities that are both theoretically and empirically promising are identified. These functionalities include the need for reactive environmental changes, novelty, ability to influence decision-making and ability to support a human response, for example, through highlighting to staff when someone has entered the tracks. These functionalities offer developers a framework for developing (and subsequently evaluating) a range of novel intervention technologies, which could highlight specific lighting properties that could influence behaviour.

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“…Since pebble and sand usually show elasticity while clay has viscoelasticity, the CGS is considered to be of rheological properties [ 8 ]. Under long-term static–dynamic (i.e., creep–fatigue) interaction loading, the CGS may cause uneven settlement and potential safety hazards for the highway and railway [ 9 ].…”

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A New Creep–Fatigue Interaction Model for Predicting Deformation of Coarse-Grained Soil

Zhang

Rao

2022

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Studying the creep–fatigue interaction of the coarse-grained soil (CGS) is very important for safety assessment and disaster prevention in subgrade engineering. Current research work is mainly focused on single creep or fatigue deformation. In this paper, a new creep–fatigue interaction model is established to predict the creep–fatigue interaction deformation of different gradation CGS based on the rheological mechanics and the interactive relationship between creep and fatigue complex compliance method. Triaxial creep–fatigue interaction tests of different gradations CGS under different average stresses and frequencies were conducted to verify the new creep–fatigue interaction model. Research results show that for the creep–fatigue and fatigue–creep interaction, the fatigue deformation is always larger than the creep deformation under the same stress level. For the creep–fatigue multi-interaction, the second creep and fatigue deformation are always smaller than the first creep and fatigue deformation. The results of the triaxial creep–fatigue interaction tests verify the validity of this new model.

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Reducing distracted pedestrian behavior using Bluetooth beacon technology: A crossover trial

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Hasan

Griffin

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Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Improving the safety of distracted pedestrians with in-ground flashing lights. A railway crossing field study

Cited by 23 publications

References 21 publications

Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway

Conceptualising innovative lighting interventions for suicide, trespass and risky behaviour on the railway

A New Creep–Fatigue Interaction Model for Predicting Deformation of Coarse-Grained Soil

Reducing distracted pedestrian behavior using Bluetooth beacon technology: A crossover trial

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