Research Article

Estimating Safety Effects of Green-Man Countdown Devices at Signalized Pedestrian Crosswalk Based on Cellular Automata

Table 7

Simulation outputs.

StatisticsScenariosOverall
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Pedestrian volume (ped/h)100100300300

Vehicle volume (straight-through) (veh/h/lane)5010050100

Vehicle volume (left-turn) (veh/h/lane)25502550

Vehicle volume (right-turn) (veh/h/lane)25502550

Average velocity (m/s)Non-GMCD1.491.431.351.24
GMCD1.561.541.371.25
Impact of GMCD5%8%1%1%4%

Start to cross during last 10 s of green-man signal (%)Non-GMCD9.2412.158.0110.76
GMCD9.129.958.338.21
Impact of GMCD−1%−18%4%−24%−10%

Average velocity during last 10 s of green-man signal (m/s)Non-GMCD1.511.461.371.24
GMCD1.671.721.521.43
Impact of GMCD11%18%11%15%14%

Average DOC during green-man signal (with more than 10 s left)Non-GMCD0.0030.0020.0060.002
GMCD0.0030.0020.0050.002
Impact of GMCD−3%0%−12%0%−4%

Average TTC during green-man signal (with more than 10 s left)Non-GMCD2.332.793.043.28
GMCD2.322.73.213.4
Impact of GMCD0%−3%6%4%1%

Average DOC during last 10 s of green-man signalNon-GMCD0.0080.0030.0020.004
GMCD0.0030.0030.0010.003
Impact of GMCD−63%−6%−57%−27%−38%

Average TTC during last 10 s of green-man signalNon-GMCD2.212.572.812.93
GMCD2.032.322.732.73
Impact of GMCD−8%−10%−3%−7%−7%