The Impact of Uncertainty on Pedestrians’ Decision to Start Roadway Crossing during the Clearance Phase

Table 2

Descriptive statistics.

Category variables		With countdown timer				Without countdown timer
Levels		Cross		Wait		Cross		Wait
		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Gender	Males	97	71.9	38	28.1	35	25.0	105	75.0
	Females	110	61.1	70	38.9	45	20.1	179	79.9
Age	<20	15	93.8	1	6.3	2	6.1	31	93.9
	21–30	89	96.7	3	3.3	38	29.0	93	71.0
	31–40	69	87.3	10	12.7	11	15.9	58	84.1
	41–50	22	47.8	24	52.2	8	19.0	34	81.0
	51–60	12	23.1	40	76.9	16	28.6	40	71.4
	>60	0	0.0	30	100.0	5	15.2	28	84.8
Distractions	No	204	73.4	74	26.6	73	23.7	235	76.3
	Yes	3	8.1	34	91.9	7	12.5	49	87.5
Group	No	154	73.7	55	26.3	72	27.0	195	73.0
	Yes	53	50.0	53	50.0	8	8.2	89	91.8
Pedestrian position	Closer to the vehicles	142	64.3	79	35.7	33	18.5	145	81.5
	Further from the vehicles	65	69.1	29	30.9	47	25.3	139	74.7
	Total	207	65.7	108	34.3	80	22.0	284	78.0
Continuous variables		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Number of crossing pedestrians		1.5	2.0	1.64	1.87	1.99	2.59	1.46	1.93
Number of waiting pedestrians		0.4	0.8	1.38	1.34	0.20	0.56	0.31	0.59
Arrival time (second of the clearance time)		4.7	1.8	4.03	1.68	6.11	2.33	5.43	2.25