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Pedestrians Left in Intersection
At the end of each FDW interval, the number of pedestrians remaining in the intersection was noted.
Only pedestrians who entered during the WALK or FDW interval were included. Table D-9 displays
the results of this data collection. The total number of pedestrians left in the intersection during the
observation period is noted as a percentage of the number of pedestrians crossing at the intersection
during the same period. The results are combined for traditional and PCD signals. For younger
pedestrians, 13 percent of pedestrians crossing at the intersection were left in the intersection
at traditional signals, compared to 2 percent at PCD signals. There were similar results for older
pedestrians: one of 12 of the pedestrians crossing at the intersection was left in the intersection at
traditional signals, compared to none of the 30 pedestrians at PCD signals. However, the sample
sizes were very small for older pedestrians.
Table D-9. Pedestrians remaining in the intersection at the start of the DON’T WALK interval in
Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.
Intersection Leg
Younger pedestrians Older pedestrians
Total
pedestrians
Lyndale and
Franklin
Major 95
(traditional) Minor 82
University and
Hamline
Major 18
(traditional) Minor 28
Total at traditional signals 223
Lyndale and
Groveland
(countdown)
Major 83
University and
Snelling
Major 99
(countdown) Minor 129
Total at countdown signals 311
Pedestrians
left in
intersection
3
(3 percent)
10
(12 percent)
11
(61 percent)
4
(14 percent)
28
(13 percent)
3
(4 percent)
2
(2 percent)
1
(1 percent)
6
(2 percent)
Total
pedestrians
5
6
1
0
12
4
15
11
30
Pedestrians
left in
intersection
0
(0 percent)
0
(0 percent)
1
(100 percent)
0
(0 percent)
1
(8 percent)
0
(0 percent)
0
(0 percent)
0
(0 percent)
0
(0 percent)