A Review of Research on Pedestrian Red-Light Running Behavior: Theoretical Frameworks, Influencing Factors and Intervention Strategies
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Pedestrian safety; red-light running; Theory of Planned Behavior; traffic psychology; signalized intersections; intervention strategies.Abstract
Pedestrian red-light running is one of the most prevalent traffic violations at signal-controlled intersections and a critical contributor to pedestrian-vehicle collision crashes. This review breaks down pedestrian red-light running research into three main areas: theoretical models, key drivers, and prevention methods. It relies heavily on extended Planned Behavior models as the main backbone, while using the Prototype Willingness Model to show how much social pressure actually fuels the behavior. In terms of influencing factors, existing studies have identified multi-level mechanisms of waiting time, traffic flow, distracted behavior, herd effect and other variables, among which waiting time and herd effect are verified as the most influential predictors. For intervention strategies, engineering countermeasures, law enforcement and educational publicity form three major approaches, yet quantitative assessments of their effectiveness remain insufficient. On the basis of commenting on limitations of current research, this paper puts forward several directional suggestions for future studies.
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