Abstract
Although pedestrian flashing green (PF) period in Japan is not sufficient for pedestrians to complete crossings by definition, many pedestrians start crossing after the onset of PF and remains on the crosswalk even at the end of PF. This paper compared pedestrian signal settings in US and in Japan and showed that longer duration between the end of PF and the onset of preceding vehicle green in Japan encourages pedestrians to cross after PF starts. Simulation results implied that the US signal settings can reduce both probability of remaining pedestrians on red and cycle time.
