Wrocław University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
Accid Anal Prev. 2013 Jun;55:185-91. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.03.015. Epub 2013 Mar 16.
Research done in two Polish cities has uncovered an influence of an approaching tram on pedestrian behaviour. The measurements were done by counting pedestrians waiting for a green signal, crossing on red signal safely, or crossing on red signal taking a risk of being hit by a car, differentiating between pedestrians attempting to board a public transport vehicle and other pedestrians. It was expected, that pedestrian behaviour might be influenced by traffic control predictability, therefore two cities were chosen for the task: Wrocław with fixed time traffic control and Poznań with a majority of traffic responsive traffic signals. Data from the measurements was compared in order to find behaviour patterns - the comparison led to a conclusion, that an attempt to get on board of an incoming public transport vehicle can be a major cause for pedestrians to violate a red signal, including an increase of unsafe behaviour. These pedestrians may provoke other pedestrians to cross on a red signal. On the other hand if traffic control guarantees boarding the public transport vehicle, passengers-to-be may be even more obedient than other pedestrians.
在波兰的两个城市进行的研究揭示了有轨电车临近对行人行为的影响。通过对等待绿灯的行人、安全闯红灯的行人、冒险闯红灯的行人（区分试图登上公共交通工具的行人和其他行人）进行计数，完成了这些测量。人们预计，行人行为可能会受到交通管制可预测性的影响，因此选择了两个城市进行这项任务：弗罗茨瓦夫市采用固定时间交通控制，波兹南市采用大多数交通响应式交通信号。对测量数据进行了比较，以找到行为模式——比较得出的结论是，试图登上即将到来的公共交通工具可能是行人闯红灯的主要原因，包括增加不安全行为。这些行人可能会促使其他行人闯红灯。另一方面，如果交通管制保证乘客能登上公共交通工具，那么潜在乘客可能比其他行人更守规矩。
