Investigating pedestrian safety-related behavior in developing countries: Egypt as a case study
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exploratory factory analysis (EFA), Pedestrians Behavior Scale (PBS), regression analysisAbstract
Understanding pedestrian behavior and road safety culture is essential for improving traffic safety in developing countries. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the validity for applying the Pedestrian Behavior Scale (PBS) in Egypt to explore the pedestrian behaviors in developing countries and to investigate the relationship of these behaviors across demographic variables. A Pedestrian Behavior Questionnaire (PBQ) was conducted in Egypt containing behavioral items and demographic questions with a total of 567 participants. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied to assess the number of behavioral factors that express the pedestrian behaviors. The analysis showed that the Egyptian pedestrian behaviors consist of four factors, including transgressions (violations and errors), lapses, aggressive behaviors, and positive behaviors. T-test and ANOVA were conducted to explore the significant difference across gender, age groups and education level. Furthermore, linear regression analysis was conducted to investigate how the examined variables influence the behavioral factors. The current study showed that the Pedestrian Behavior Scale (PBS) is an effective tool for investigating Egyptian pedestrian’s behaviors. This study added a validation for applying the PBS to explore the pedestrian behaviors in developing countries such as Egypt and to understand the variables affecting the pedestrian behaviors. The findings can be used by infrastructure agencies to enhance educational road safety programs and enact appropriate laws, which could reduce the number of pedestrian-related crashes.
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Abduallah Bayomi, Ain Shams University, Egypt | Badr University in Cairo, Egypt
Abduallah Bayomi is a teaching assistant at Faculty of Engineering, Badr University in Cairo, and a research assistant at Center of Mobility Research, Ain Shams University, Egypt. He received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Department of Public Works, Ain Shams University, in July 2018. His master thesis at Ain Shams University focused on investigating pedestrian safety-related behavior in developing countries. Two of his papers on pedestrian’s safety have been accepted for presentation at Road Safety and Simulation International Conference (RSS 2022) and Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting (TRB 2023).
CRediT statement: Conceptualization, Data collection, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing—original draft.
Mohamed Shawky, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Dr. Mohamed Shawky is an assistance professor in traffic engineering and transportation planning at Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University in Egypt. He was awarded his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Ain Shams University in Egypt. He got his Ph.D. in traffic engi-neering from Nagoya University, Japan, in 2007. He worked as a traf-fic and road safety expert in Traffic and Patrol Directorate in Abu Dhabi, UAE from 2010 to 2017.
CRediT statement: Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing—review & editing.
Mohamed Okail, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt
Mohamed Ahmed Okail is an assistant professor of highway, traffic, transportation engineering and surveying at the Faculty of Engineering, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt. During the last 14 years, he served as a teaching assistant and assistant professor for undergraduate level courses. He works with highway engineering design and construction, traffic engineering, derived statistical models for transportation planning, lab experiments and surveying equipment.
CRediT statement: Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources.
Ahmed Osama, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Dr. Ahmed Osama is the Director of Center of Mobility Research at Ain Shams University, Egypt. He received his PhD in Transportation Engineering from the University of British Columbia, where he had been a research assistant at the Bureau of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Freight Security. Dr. Osama has authored/co-authored more than 20 publications and his work gained him awards from the Institute of Transportation Engineers, UBC, Canadian Transportation Research Forum, and Transport Canada. He had participated in several traffic safety projects in Canada, Australia, Qatar and Egypt.
CRediT statement: Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing—review & editing.
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