The effect of the ‘yield to pedestrians’ policy on risky pedestrian behaviors: Is it a ‘two-edged sword’?

2023/10/24 by Xiuying Xin, Ning Jia, Shuai Ling +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Engineering · Social Sciences · Environmental Science · #Traffic and Road Safety #Urban Transport and Accessibility #Urban Green Space and Health

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tra.2023.103870

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Discussions

• New study finds that yield-to-pedestrians policies are a "two-edged sword" for street safety, because pedestrians may overestimate the policy's influence on driver behavior. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... [bsky, 20 points, 2 comments]