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Author Yanna Carli, Christopher Paglia |
| Abstract In order to improve safety at Station Pedestrian Crossings (SPC), a project was launched to develop a new safety equipment using a behavioural approach. This paper presents a qualitative study using focus groups to identify promising safety equipment concepts based on the theories of situation awareness and perception/action loop. Thirteen participants took part in activities and discussions involving scenarios simulation, mock-ups and questionnaires. Safety equipment elements embodying the theoretical aspects studied were analysed and their design improved to identify the most promising ones regarding pedestrians’ performance and safety, i.e. the ones inducing safe behaviours. Combinations of the latter were then evaluated to identity the best safety equipment concepts that will serve for the development of refined prototypes, the efficacy of which regarding safety at SPC crossings will be evaluated on a mixed-reality testing platform developed on purpose. |
