Pedestrian behavior at signal-controlled crosswalks

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Fugger Jr , Thomas F ^a   Randles, Bryan C ^a   Wobrock, Jesse L ^a   Stein, Anthony C ^b   Whiting, William C ^c  

^a Accident Research and Biomechanics Inc   (United States)

^b Safety Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

ELDERLY ADULTS; GAIT INITIATION; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL CONTROLLED INTERSECTION; STEADY-STATE VELOCITY; TIME-DISTANCE ANALYSIS; WALKING VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 85072473591     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2001-01-0896     Document Type: Conference Paper

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