This paper proposes an innovative methodology, based on a Decision Support Systems, for the safety evaluation of pedestrian crossings without traffic lights in urban neighborhood areas. It provides an on-site inspection performed using ad-hoc data check lists, and it allows to assign a safety rate to the pedestrian crossing, in order to define a priority list of interventions and to suggest which features need to be improved. This new approach can be useful and easy to use for public administration managers and local governances, when they need to allocate limited financial resources to several pedestrian crossings. It has been applied to 10 pedestrian crossings on two roads in the urban area of Bologna and the resulted ranking list has been used by the Municipality of Bologna in its Urban Road Safety Plan 2016-2019

Roberto Battistini, Claudio Lantieri, Andrea Simone, Giulio Dondi, Valeria Vignali (2023). A Decision Support System for the safety evaluation of urban pedestrian crossings. Transport Research Procedia [10.1016/j.trpro.2023.02.220].

A Decision Support System for the safety evaluation of urban pedestrian crossings

Roberto Battistini
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;
Claudio Lantieri
Writing – Review & Editing
;
Andrea Simone
Methodology
;
Giulio Dondi
Penultimo
Supervision
;
Valeria Vignali
Ultimo
Validation
2023

Abstract

This paper proposes an innovative methodology, based on a Decision Support Systems, for the safety evaluation of pedestrian crossings without traffic lights in urban neighborhood areas. It provides an on-site inspection performed using ad-hoc data check lists, and it allows to assign a safety rate to the pedestrian crossing, in order to define a priority list of interventions and to suggest which features need to be improved. This new approach can be useful and easy to use for public administration managers and local governances, when they need to allocate limited financial resources to several pedestrian crossings. It has been applied to 10 pedestrian crossings on two roads in the urban area of Bologna and the resulted ranking list has been used by the Municipality of Bologna in its Urban Road Safety Plan 2016-2019
2023
AIIT 3rd International Conference on Transport Infrastructure and Systems (TIS ROMA 2022), 15th-16th September 2022, Rome, Italy
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Roberto Battistini, Claudio Lantieri, Andrea Simone, Giulio Dondi, Valeria Vignali (2023). A Decision Support System for the safety evaluation of urban pedestrian crossings. Transport Research Procedia [10.1016/j.trpro.2023.02.220].
Roberto Battistini; Claudio Lantieri; Andrea Simone; Giulio Dondi; Valeria Vignali
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