The purpose of the program was to demonstrate and evaluate innovative applications of various crosswalk information systems. Evaluations were made by traffic experts, paid driver and pedestrian subjects, and drivers and pedestrians in the general traffic stream. The informational messages were transmitted through the media of lighted signs, lighted legends, illumination, and buzzing sounds. Some displays were dynamic, the lighted displays coming on only following an actuation by pedestrian or vehicle and going off after a predetermined time period; others were static, the displays staying on all the time. Both unsignalized and signalized crosswalks were selected for study.
An Innovative Pedestrian Crosswalk Safety Device Demonstration
1971
177 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Crossings , Traffic safety , Display devices , Intersections , Design , Classifications , Dynamics , Static characteristics , Effectiveness , Motor vehicle operators , Sidewalks , Michigan , Data acquisition , Pedestrian crosswalks , Detroit(Michigan) , Crossing signals , Pedestrians , Lighted signs , Lighted legends , Buzzing signals