Citation

Hakkert AS, Ben-Yakov Y. ITE J. 1985; 55(3): 42-45.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Institute of Transportation Engineers)

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Abstract

The need exists for an optimal balance between the right-of-way to pedestrians and to vehicles. Without proper recognition of the pedestrian's needs while crossing, pedestrian delay and number of stops generally increase when optimizing for vehicles. Although the traffic signal efficiency from the driver's point of view generally decreases when the traffic signal efficiency for pedestrians improves, it is shown in this article that this is not always the case. A further difficulty occurs on divided highways. The pedestrian has to cross two separate streams of traffic, and unless coordinated, his delays will increase still more. A method for reducing pedestrian delay time at traffic signals on divided highways is presented in this article where it is shown that, according to this method, vehicle efficiency criteria will be either unaffected or improved.