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- Sucha, Matus, et al.
(författare)
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E-scooter riders and pedestrians: Attitudes and interactions in five countries
- 2023
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Ingår i: Heliyon. - 2405-8440. ; 9:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Electric scooters (e-scooters) have become a popular phenomenon internationally; however, their use has raised concerns about pedestrian safety. This study describes the possible effects of the emergence of e-scooters on pedestrians. We focus on the interaction, conflicts, crashes, and at- titudes between pedestrians and e-scooter riders and pedestrians’ perceived safety in the presence of e-scooters. Data were collected from e-scooter riders and non-riders (n = 3385) through an online survey in Australia, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Sweden. Around 20–30% of e-scooter riders rode on sidewalks, whether it is allowed or not. Non-riders of e-scooters tended to report that riding an e-scooter is rather dangerous. Pedestrians, except Australian ones, perceived e-scooter riders (and e-scooter operation) as annoying. Half of the e-scooter riders had experi- enced a near miss at some point in the past and more than 50% of these near misses included another road user. Up to 10% of the e-scooter riders from all five countries reported having experienced a crash. On the basis of these findings, we believe that the most relevant suggestions for the implications in sustainable (urban) mobility involve separating e-scooter riders and pedestrians.
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- Sucha, Matus
(författare)
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Pedestrian-driver communication and decision strategies at marked crossings
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this work is to describe pedestrian-driver encounters, communication, and decision strategies at marked but unsignalised crossings in urban areas in the Czech Republic and the ways in which the parties involved experience and handle these encounters. The research questions we wanted to address in our study were: 1) What influences pedestrians’ feeling of safety when crossing a road at a zebra crossing? 2) Which factors influence drivers’ yielding behaviour and pedestrians’ crossing behaviour, and how do they look at these situations, subjectively? 3) What are the aspects of the communication between drivers and pedestrians, and what are the sources of misunderstanding? 4) What are the circumstances and, possibly, the causes of the conflict situations observed?
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