Evaluation of pedestrian speed in Jordan with investigation of some contributing factors

摘要

The safe design and operation of traffic signals must allow adequate time for pedestrians to cross safely. In Jordan, no specific guidelines exist on pedestrian speed. Rather, foreign guidelines that may not be applicable to pedestrians in Jordan are followed. Objective: The objectives of this research were: (a) to evaluate pedestrian crossing speed in Jordan; (b) to evaluate the effect of age, gender, distance crossed (street width), and number of pedestrians crossing as a group (group size) on pedestrian seed; and to recommend pedestrian design speed values to represent pedestrians in Jordan.