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Pedestrian Signal Safety - AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

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For younger pedestrians, the mean walking speed (MWS) was 5.30 ft/.sec. at traditional intersections<br />

and 5.10 ft./sec. at intersections equipped with countdown signals. As presented in Table C-3, this difference<br />

in MWS was not statistically significant at a 95-percent confidence interval. The median walking<br />

speed was 5.00 ft./sec. at traditional intersections and 4.90 ft./sec. at intersections equipped with<br />

PCD signals. The 15th-percentile walking speed represents the slower pedestrians at the intersection.<br />

The 15th-percentile speed was slightly slower at traditional signals (4.30 ft./sec.) than at PCD signals<br />

(4.50 ft./sec.).<br />

For older pedestrians, MWS at PCD signals was 4.20 ft./sec., slightly slower than the MWS of 4.60<br />

ft./sec. at TPS. As presented in Table C-3, this difference was significant at a 95-percent confidence<br />

level. The median walking speed was slightly slower at PCD signal crossings. The 15th-percentile<br />

speed also was slightly slower at countdown signals (4.10 ft./sec.) compared to traditional signals<br />

(4.40 ft./sec.).<br />

Table C-3. Significance testing of difference in mean walking speed at traditional and pedestrian<br />

countdown signals <strong>for</strong> two age groups.<br />

Subjects<br />

Intersection<br />

type<br />

Mean<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong>s<br />

Traditional 5.30 1.25<br />

under 65 Countdown 5.10 1.13<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong>s<br />

Traditional 4.60 1.25<br />

65 and older Countdown 4.20 0.76<br />

Standard<br />

deviation Tcalc Outcome<br />

1.583<br />

3.413<br />

The difference between<br />

means is not significant<br />

at 95 percent.<br />

The difference between<br />

means is significant at 95<br />

percent.<br />

Table C-4 presents the results of significance testing of the difference in MWS <strong>for</strong> younger<br />

pedestrians and older pedestrians. As would be expected, the walking speed of older pedestrians<br />

was significantly slower than the walking speed of younger pedestrians, regardless of the type of<br />

pedestrian signal.<br />

Table C-4. Significance testing of difference in mean walking speed <strong>for</strong> pedestrians under 65 and<br />

pedestrians 65 and older <strong>for</strong> two types of pedestrian signal.<br />

Intersection<br />

type<br />

Traditional<br />

Countdown<br />

Subjects Mean<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong>s<br />

under 65<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong>s 65<br />

and older<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong>s<br />

under 65<br />

<strong>Pedestrian</strong>s 65<br />

and older<br />

Standard<br />

deviation<br />

5.30 1.25<br />

4.60 1.25<br />

5.10 1.13<br />

4.20 0.76<br />

Tcalc<br />

4.878<br />

9.838<br />

Outcome<br />

The difference between<br />

means is significant at<br />

95 percent.<br />

The difference between<br />

means is significant at<br />

95 percent.<br />

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