NoonTalk@DIATI #32: Pedestrian Safety Research: Introduction to Macroscopic Approach and Safety-in-Numbers
Speaker: Jaeyoung Lee, Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida - Prof. Marco Bassani moderates the discussion
ABSTRACT
Walking has been encouraged not only because they are economically and environmentally sustainable; but also they can improve public health. At the same time, traffic injuries and fatalities involving pedestrians have been a serious public health problem. This presentation has the following main topics: (1) a macroscopic approach to explore pedestrian safety and (2) safety-in-numbers effects for pedestrians. The macroscopic safety analysis focuses not only on roadway design and traffic characteristics; but also on various factors including but not limited to socio-demographic and climate features. The safety-in-numbers effect is a phenomenon that the probability of crash involvements per pedestrian would be decreased if the number of pedestrian increases. Although a number of previous studies have confirmed the safety-in-numbers effect for pedestrians the effect might not exist in areas with extremely low walking activities.
These two interesting topics related to pedestrian safety will be discussed in the presentation.
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