TRB Pedestrians Committee (ANF10)
Paper Review Subcommittee Report – 2016 Annual Meeting
Co-Chairs: Mike Cynecki and Laura Sandt
Review Coordinators: (14) Mike Cynecki, Laura Sandt, Tab Combs*, Karim El-Basyouny, Richard Knoblauch, Holly Krambeck, Kevin Manaugh, Tamera Redmon, Katy Salamati*, Tarek Sayed, Robert Schneider, Darren Torbic, Ron Van Houten, Megan Wier (* - indicates new Review Coordinator for the 2016 Paper Review process)
Major change and challenge for 2016: NEW MyTRB software for the 2016 paper review process. With new software came a few rough spots, some bugs to be eliminated, and a new learning curve for the Review Coordinators and reviewers. All reviewers, as well as review coordinators, were required to have a MyTRB account this year. Everyone has to update their own information in MyTRB. This also created a few issues and a need for more reviewers.
Papers Reviewed: 80 papers (Compared to 106 papers in 2015 – 25% reduction)
· Submitted for presentation and publication: 69 papers
· Submitted for presentation-only: 10 papers
· Submitted for publication-only: 1 paper
Reviews Assigned: 500. Reviews Completed: 333 (66.7%)
Presentation: Yes – 46 (58%), No – 33 (41%), Submitted for Publication Only – 1 (1%)
· 2016 Annual Meeting - Three Lecturn Sessions: 11 papers (1 author withdrew), and Two Poster Sessions: 34 papers
Publication Allotment: 20% of those submitted for publication (70) = 14 papers
· Accepted for publication during initial review process: 2 papers
· Papers under publication consideration: 13 papers (for 12 publication slots)
· Papers rejected for publication: 55 papers (79%)
· Final recommendations due to TRB by January 31, 2016
Practice Ready Papers: 6
· 16-1920: Examination of Some Variables Influencing the Efficacy of the Gateway In-Street Sign Configuration on Motorist Yielding Right-of-Way to Pedestrians, Ronald Van Houten
· 16-3394: Analysis of Road User Behavior and Safety during New York City’s Summer Streets Program, Tarek Sayed
· 16-4159: Evaluating Effectiveness of Pedestrian Countdown Signals on Pedestrian Safety, Valerian Kwigizile
· 16-5894: Road User Behaviors at Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons, Kay Fitzpatrick
· 16-5371: Facility Demand Models of Peak-Hour Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic: Comparison of Full- and Reduced-Form Models, Steve Hankey
· 16-6949: Adaptive Walk Intervals, Peter Furth
Paper Award Subcommittee established to evaluate 4 papers for award consideration
· Robert Schneider - Chair
· Michael Cynecki
· Ronald Eck
· Eloisa Raynault
· Frank Markowitz
· Laura Sandt
Most Outstanding Paper(s) Submitted to the TRB Pedestrian Committee for 2016:
TWO award winners
16-5371: Facility Demand Models of Peak-Hour Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic: Comparison of Full- and Reduced-Form Models, Steve Hankey & Greg Lindsey
16-5894: Road User Behaviors at Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons, Kay Fitzpatrick & Michael Pratt
2016 Pedestrian Committee Sessions – ANF10
3 Lectern Sessions (11 papers, 1 withdrew), and 2 Poster Sessions (34 papers)
LECTERN sessions
1) Pedestrian Safety Analysis (Session 506 – Tuesday8:00 AM-9:45 AM)
16-3989 - Pedestrian Gap Acceptance Behavior in Street Designs with Elements of Shared Space
Ioannis Kaparias and Jignesh Hirani, City University London, Michael Bell and Bill Mount Imperial College London
16-4341 - Road, Traffic, and Human Factors of Pedestrian Crossing Behavior: Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Models
Eleonora Papadimitriou, George Yannis and Dimitrios Tselentis, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Sylvain Lassarre, IFSTTAR
16-7020 - Measuring Crosswalk Safety at Nonsignalized Crossings During Nighttime Based on Surrogate Measures of Safety: Case Study in Montreal, Canada
Ting Fu and Luis Miranda-Moreno McGill University, Nicolas Saunier, Polytechnique Montreal
16-3394 - Analysis of Road User Behavior and Safety during New York City’s Summer Streets Program
Mohamed Hussein, Bianca Popescu, and Tarek Sayed, University of British Columbia,
Lee Kim, AKRF, Inc.
2) Innovative Pedestrian Planning and Design (Session 569 – Tuesday – 10:15 AM – 12 Noon)
16-5894 - Road User Behaviors at Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons
Kay Fitzpatrick and Michael Pratt, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
16-5371 - Facility Demand Models of Peak-Hour Pedestrian and Bicycle Traffic: Comparison of Full- and Reduced-Form Models
Steve Hankey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Greg Lindsey, University of Minnesota
16-6949 - Adaptive Walk Intervals
Peter Furth, Northeastern University, Ahmed Halawani, Northeastern University
16-2135 - Countdown Pedestrian Signals With and Without the Flashing Hand: A Field Study
Ronald Van Houten and Gregory M. DeLaere Jr, Western Michigan University, Jim Shurbutt, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
3) Pedestrian Behavior and Safety at Roadway Crossings (Session 865 – Wednesday 4:30 to 6:00 PM)
16-6074 - Multiobjective Evaluation of Midblock Crosswalks on Urban Streets Based on TOPSIS and Entropy Methods, Zhao Yang, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Pan Liu, Southeast University, Xin Xu, Chengcheng Xu, Southeast University
16-4190 - Panic That Spreads: Sociobehavioral Contagions in Pedestrian Evacuations
Erika Frydenlund, Old Dominion University, Terra Elzie, Old Dominion University, Andrew Collins, Old Dominion University, R. Michael Robinson, Old Dominion University
16-2382 - The Effects of Distractions on a Pedestrian's Waiting Behavior at Traffic Signals: An Observational Study
George Gillette, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Kay Fitzpatrick, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Susan Chrysler, Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Raul Avelar, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Poster Sessions
1) Pedestrian Planning and Design (Session 794 – Wednesday 8:30 – 10:15 AM)
16-1873 - Development of Analytical Framework to Rank Pedestrian and Cyclist Projects
Nadereh Moini, New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority
16-4584 - Study of Left-Right Preference of Pedestrian Counterflow in Passageways
HL Mu, JSTI GROUP
16-4629 - Evaluation Index for Walk Space Focusing on Pedestrian Smile
Aya Kojima and Hisashi Kubota, Saitama University, Manabu Sato, East Japan Railway Company, Saitama University
16-4934 - Pairwise Comparison of Different Pedestrian Level-of-Service Ratings
Pinar Karatas and Hediye Tuydes-Yaman, Middle East Technical University
16-5067 - Shared Space: Could Less Formal Streets Be Better for Both Pedestrians and Vehicles?
Benjamin Wargo and Norman Garrick, University of Connecticut, University of Connecticut
16-5296 - The Effectiveness of Changes in Street Layout and Design for Reducing Barriers to Walking
Paulo Rui Anciaes and Peter Jones, University College London, University College London
16-5447 - Mode Choice Across Jobs with Different Travel Patterns
Yaser Hatamzadeh, Meeghat Habibian and Ali Khodaii Amirkabir University of Technology
16-5522 - Simulation-Based Network Topology Framework for Characterizing Pedestrian Exposure in Urban Streets
Jungyeol Hong and Venkataraman Shankar, Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
16-5731 - Accessibility- and Centrality-Based Estimation of Urban Pedestrian Activity
Brendan Murphy, David Levinson and Andrew Owen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities,
16-6887 - How Far Is Too Far: Providing Safe and Comfortable Walking Environments
Alireza Ermagun, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Amir Samimi, Sharif University of Technology
16-1887 - Estimating Group Size in Moderately Dense Urban Pedestrian Facility using Movement Trajectories
Mohamed Zaki and Tarek Sayed, University of British Columbia
2) Pedestrian Safety (Session 795 - Wednesday 8:30 – 10:15 AM)
16-1305 - Street Crossing Behavior of Elderly Pedestrians: Short on Time?
Ugo Lachapelle, Université du Québec à Montréal, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, INRS-Urbanisation Culture Societe
16-1639 - Hierarchical Ordered Model for Injury Severity of Pedestrian Crashes
Myeonghyeon Kim, Seung-Young Kho and Dong-Kyu Kim, Seoul National University
16-2016 - Evaluation of Pedestrian Risk Factors for Uncontrolled Midblock and Unsignalized Intersections
Parvathy M Nair, CH2M, K.V.R. Ravi Shankar, National Institute of Technology Warangal
16-2190 - Investigation of Gap Acceptance Behavior for Pedestrians Jaywalking at a Wide Midblock Section
Khaled Shaaban, Deepti Muley and Abdulla Mohammed, Qatar University
16-2544 - Pedestrians' Perceptions of Traffic and Built Environment Risk in Delhi, India
Shalini Rankavat and Geetam Tiwari, Indian Institute of Technology
16-4072 - Study of Pedestrian Compliance with Traffic Signals for Exclusive and Concurrent Phasing
John Ivan, Kevin McKernan, Yaohua Zhang, Nalini Ravishanker, and Sha Mamun, University of Connecticut
16-4239 - Investigation of Pedestrian Spatial Violation Behaviors at Urban Roadways: Case Study in Shanghai, China
Wangyue Huang, Wanjing Ma, Shiqi Li, and Xiaoyu Lu, Tongji University
16-4521 - Characterizing Pedestrian Crashes Along an UrbanIzation Gradient: Case Study in Greensboro, North Carolina
Trung Tran, Northern Kentucky University, Tram Truong and Tyler Meyer, City of Greensboro
16-4602 - Risk Evaluation of Conflicts Between Crossing Pedestrians and Right-turning Vehicles at Intersections
Feifei XIN, Chongjing Sun and Xiaobo WANG, Tongji University
16-4612 - Risk Factors for Fatal Pedestrian Crashes on National Highways in India
Hasan Naqvi, National Highways Authority of India
16-4833 - Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflict Analysis: Choose Appropriate Conflict Indicators According to Pedestrian-Vehicle Interaction
Ying Ni, Tongji University
16-5064 - Investigating the Correlation Between Sidewalk Gaps and Pedestrian Safety
Hatem Abou-Senna and Essam Radwan, University of Central Florida (UCF), Ayman Mohamed, URS Corporation
16-5487 - Exploring Spatial Patterns of Pedestrian Injury by Age and Severity in the City of Toronto, Canada
Emily Grise, McGill University, Ronald Buliung, University of Toronto, Linda Rothman, York University, Andrew Howard, The Hospital for Sick Children
16-5671 - Research on Pedestrian Crossing Behaviors at Unsignalized, Multilane Midblock Crosswalk: Case Study in China
Bin Zhou, Cunbao Zhang, Hanhui Peng, and Changping Lv, Wuhan University of Technology, Tony Qiu, University of Alberta
16-6696 - Driver Behavior in Pedestrian Crash Scenarios
John Gaspar, National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS), Chris Schwarz, University of Iowa, Susan Chrysler, Texas A&M Transportation Institute
16-6777 - Integration of Crash Index in Evaluation of Walkability
Peris Nyagah and Mohamed Kaseko, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
16-4159 - Evaluating Effectiveness of Pedestrian Countdown Signals on Pedestrian Safety
Valerian Kwigizile, Richard Atta Boateng, and Jun-Seok Oh, Western Michigan University, Kimberly Lariviere, Michigan Department of Transportation
16-1920 - Examination of Some Variables Influencing the Efficacy of the Gateway In-Street Sign Configuration on Motorist Yielding Right-of-Way to Pedestrians
Ronald Van Houten and Miles Bennett, Western Michigan University
16-2109 - Examining Pedestrian Evasive Actions as a Potential Indicator for Traffic Conflicts
Ahmed Tageldin, Mohamed Zaki and Tarek Sayed, University of British Columbia
16-4315 - Investigating the Correlation Between Factors Contributing to Pedestrian-Involved Crashes and Their Impact on Crash Severity
Keneth Kwayu, Valerian Kwigizile and Jun-Seok Oh, Western Michigan University
16-5125 - Effect of a Community-Based Pedestrian Injury Prevention Program on Driver Yielding Behavior at Marked Crosswalks
Laura Sandt and Stephen Marshall, UNC Highway Safety Research Center,
16-5836 - Investigating Pedestrian Crash Risk in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Saydra Alvarez Moreno, Rahul Reddy Gade and Gregory Rowangould, University of New Mexico
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