Pedestrians’ behaviour in cross walks: The effects of fear of falling and age

Avineri, Erel; Shinar, David; Susilo, Yusak O.

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2010.11.028

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“…7 Pedestrian walking speeds from various studies the normal walking speed is less than the crossing walking speed for different age groups in different seasons. In contrast, Avineri et al [53] shows that irrespective of different age groups, pedestrian walking speeds are higher on sidewalks or footpaths while compared to the signalized and unsignalised intersections. While analysing the group behaviour of pedestrians Moussaid et al [18] observed a continuous decrease in walking speeds with the increase in group size.…”

Section: Walking Speeds At Various Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…For instance Indians maintain higher speeds and less headways when compared to Germans [45]. From the previous studies, [49][50][51][52][53] it is evident that younger pedestrians maintain higher speeds when compared to old pedestrians. Also men walk at higher speeds while compared to women [17,[49][50][51][52][53][54][55].…”

Section: Walking Speeds At Various Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…From the previous studies, [49][50][51][52][53] it is evident that younger pedestrians maintain higher speeds when compared to old pedestrians. Also men walk at higher speeds while compared to women [17,[49][50][51][52][53][54][55]. Tanaboriboon et al [49] reported the mean walking speed in Singapore as 74 m/min which is relatively slower than the walking speeds in American counterparts.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Fundamental diagrams of pedestrian flow characteristics: A review

Vanumu

Rao

Tiwari

2017

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Introduction The dimensionality of pedestrian infrastructure facilities have a great influence on pedestrian movements and a considerable impact on natural environment of the facility. Understanding the pedestrian movements are crucial to estimate the capacity of the system accurately, especially in the transportation terminals such as railway stations, bus terminals, airports and so forth, where large crowd gathers and transfers. To have a safe and comfortable movement in normal situation and also a quick evacuation in emergency situation, pedestrian movement patterns should be analysed and modelled properly. Purpose Once the behaviour of pedestrians is established in terms of speed and density with respect to the environment, even for the colossal systems, the pedestrian flow characteristics can be modelled by applying extremely efficient simulations. The main modelling element in the context of flow models is the fundamental relationship among speed, flow and density. The objective of this study is to review the fundamental diagrams of pedestrian flow characteristics developed for various flow types and geometric elements. This paper also discusses the design values of flow parameters and walking speeds of pedestrians at various facilities.Methods In order to achieve the goal of this paper, we presented a systematic review of fundamental diagrams of pedestrian flow characteristics developed by using various approaches such as field, experimental and simulation.Conclusions After a thorough review of literature, this paper identifies certain research gaps which provides an opportunity to enhance the understanding of fundamental diagrams of pedestrian flow characteristics.

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Section: Walking Speeds At Various Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Walking Speeds At Various Facilitiesmentioning

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Fundamental diagrams of pedestrian flow characteristics: A review

Vanumu

Rao

Tiwari

2017

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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“…Instead, gait performance becomes a complex task that places demands on the sensory and cognitive systems (Sheridan and Hausdorff, 2007). Given their fear of falling (e.g., Scheffer et al, 2008) and their need to keep their balance when walking (Woollacott and Tang, 1997), older pedestrians seem to allocate more attention to watching their steps as they cross, causing them to at least partly disregard approaching traffic (Avineri et al, 2012). The presence of curbs at the beginning and end of a street-crossing task may add supplementary cognitive and motor demands that very few studies have examined in a detailed manner (see e.g., Naveteur et al, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

Review of safety and mobility issues among older pedestrians

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Dommès²,

Cavallo³

2016

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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a b s t r a c tAlthough old people make up an extremely vulnerable road-user group, older pedestrians' difficulties have been studied less extensively than those of older drivers, and more knowledge of this issue is still required. The present paper reviews current knowledge of older-adult problems with the main components of pedestrian activity, i.e., walking and obstacle negotiation, wayfinding, and road crossing. Compared to younger ones, old pedestrians exhibit declining walking skills, with a walking speed decrease, less stable balance, less efficient wayfinding strategies, and a greater number of unsafe road crossing behaviors. These difficulties are linked to age-related changes in sensorial, cognitive, physical, and self-perception abilities. It is now known that visual impairment, physical frailty, and attention deficits have a major negative impact on older pedestrians' safety and mobility, whereas the roles of self-evaluation and self-regulation are still poorly understood. All these elements must be taken into consideration, not only in developing effective safety interventions targeting older pedestrians, but also in designing roads and cars. Recent initiatives are presented here and some recommendations are proposed.

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“…Dahlstedt [23] reported that older women were slower than older men by 0.15 m/s on the average at normal walking speed. Generally, previous research concluded that women walked statistically significantly slower than men [24][25][26]. The paper also conducted the analysis of the effect of the pedestrian age on the crossing speed.…”

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confidence: 99%