"Walksafe" is a comprehensive pedestrian safety program, initiated by VicRoads in the City of Stonnington in partnership with the city council. Following careful analysis of pedestrian crashes in the municipality, a program of engineering works was initiated, together with supporting education and publicity, enforcement, and programs aimed at the responsible serving and consumption of alcohol. The program was subject to extensive evaluation by means of behavioural observations and interview surveys. This paper will report on changes in pedestrian behaviour in response to the provision of a painted strip between tram tracks and the provision of a textured surface at the pedestrian walkways at traffic signals. Pedestrian behaviour was recorded on video some months prior to the installation of the treatments, and recorded again on the same day of the same week one year after the first observations -that is, some months after the installation of the new treatments. Changes in pedestrian behaviour were generally subtle. These are discussed in detail in the paper. Traffic was noticeably more orderly following the introduction of the painted strip, and rarely encroached on the strip except to make right hand turns or avoid vehicles entering or leaving parking. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E202275.
Samenvatting