Analysis of Awareness of Transverse-type Marking and Their Applicability to Two-stage Crossings

Abstract

Currently, almost two-stage crossing facilities introduced in Japan are zebra crossing type. In this study, the applicability of the transverse-type marking of two-stage crossing was examined through analyses using a questionnaire survey and microscopic traffic simulation. First of all, the results of the questionnaire survey revealed that the awareness of traffic rules on transverse-type marking is not high in Japan. Second, the results of the simulation analysis showed that with the current level of awareness of traffic rules on transverse-type marking in Japan, the introduction of the transverse-type marking would have no different impact on traffic than the introduction of the zebra crossing type. On the other hand, when the awareness of the traffic rule of the transverse-type marking increases, the delay time of both vehicles and pedestrians may become smaller than that of the zebra type of two-stage crossing under the condition that the traffic volume of vehicles is low.