Date of Award
6-2013
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Ron Van Houten
Second Advisor
Dr. Wayne Fuqua
Third Advisor
Dr. Richard Malott
Keywords
In-street sign, traffic safety, gateway, PHB, RRFB
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
An important goal to reduce the number of collisions between motorists and pedestrians is to increase motorist’s yielding right-of-way to pedestrians in crosswalks. The current study addresses this goal. A Gateway installation of instreet signs (one in-street sign installed between the two travel lanes in each direction and one on both edges of the roadway in each direction) was evaluated on multilane roads. The first experiment compared the efficacy of adding multiple in-street signs used in a gateway configuration with a single sign between the two travel lanes in each direction. The second experiment compared the in-street sign gateway treatment with a more expensive Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon. The results demonstrated that the Gateway in-street sign treatment produced very high levels of drivers yielding behavior, and that the Gateway treatment was as effective as the more expensive treatment.
Recommended Citation
Bennett, Miles K., "Use of a Gateway In-Street Sign Treatment to Increase Yielding to Pedestrians at Crosswalks" (2013). Masters Theses. 152.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/152
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