Citation

Reading IAD, Wan CL, Dickinson KW. Traffic Eng. Control 1995; 36(10): 538-542.

Affiliation

Napier Univ, New Zealand.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Hemming Group)

DOI

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Abstract

One of the problems of operating the Puffin (Pedestrian User Friendly Intelligent) pedestrian crossing system concerns pedestrian detection. To address this problem, a study of the Puffin crossing in Edinburgh was conducted which investigated the effect of this crossing type on the level of service to both pedestrians and vehicles at a stand-alone crossing, when compared to the usual Pelican-type crossing. A significant number of occasions where the detection process failed was recorded. The nature of these failures were examined to find the most common causes.