Open AccessThe Performance of Demand Responsive Pelican Crossing at Midblock Pedestrian Crossing Facility
Author(s) -
Budi Yulianto,
Salsabila N. Putri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/832/1/012040
Subject(s) - pedestrian , pedestrian crossing , transport engineering , pelican , level crossing , vissim , engineering , computer science , intersection (aeronautics) , biology , mechanical engineering , ecology
Pedestrians are travellers who are the most vulnerable to traffic accidents. In general, pedestrian safety in urban areas tends to be neglected. Lack of adequate pedestrian facilities, especially midblock pedestrian crossing facilities, has an impact on pedestrian safety. In order to improve pedestrian safety, therefore the Surakarta city government provides a pedestrian crossing facility, namely Pelican crossing. The existence of a Pelican crossing has an impact on road performance where the traffic and pedestrian flow is regulated by signal timing. The existing Pelican crossing is a type of pedestrian-actuated control logic with fixed-time operation. This study aims to design demand responsive Pelican crossing based on Vehicle Actuated Control Extension Principle (VAC EP) logic, where signal timing is based on real time traffic conditions. The performance of Pelican crossings at midblock pedestrian crossing facility is analysed by using a calibrated and validated VISSIM simulation model. The performance of the proposed Pelican crossing (VAC EP) is compared to the existing Pelican crossing. The simulation analysis results show that the proposed Pelican crossing (VAC EP) performance is better than the existing Pelican crossing, in terms of average pedestrian delay.