2023 Volume 9 Issue 2 Pages A_171-A_180
In efforts to increase drivers yielding right-of-way laws at uncontrolled pedestrian crosswalks, few studies have focused on road traffic factors associated with drivers yielding behavior. In this study, a field observation was conducted to investigate drivers yielding behavior at an untreated road improvement location in Tokyo. In total, 666 pedestrian-vehicle encounters at the observation site were observed over the three days. The results showed that pedestrians were more likely to be yielded when they were waiting on the near-side sidewalk than the far-side sidewalk. It was also found that yielding rate of pedestrians behavior in the pre-crossing phase was lower when waiting on the sidewalk than on the roadway. In regard to road traffic environment, drivers yielding was lower when the signal indication was green than red at the crosswalk near signalized intersections. Finally, a lower rate of yielding to pedestrians occurred when there were following vehicles in the same direction or oncoming vehicles on the opposite side of the road.
