Liu, Z.; Wu, J.; Yousaf, A.; McIlroy, R.C.; Wang, L.; Liu, M.; Plant, K.L.; Stanton, N.A. A Study of Vulnerable Road Users’ Behaviors Using Schema Theory and the Perceptual Cycle Model. Sustainability2023, 15, 8339.
Liu, Z.; Wu, J.; Yousaf, A.; McIlroy, R.C.; Wang, L.; Liu, M.; Plant, K.L.; Stanton, N.A. A Study of Vulnerable Road Users’ Behaviors Using Schema Theory and the Perceptual Cycle Model. Sustainability 2023, 15, 8339.
Liu, Z.; Wu, J.; Yousaf, A.; McIlroy, R.C.; Wang, L.; Liu, M.; Plant, K.L.; Stanton, N.A. A Study of Vulnerable Road Users’ Behaviors Using Schema Theory and the Perceptual Cycle Model. Sustainability2023, 15, 8339.
Liu, Z.; Wu, J.; Yousaf, A.; McIlroy, R.C.; Wang, L.; Liu, M.; Plant, K.L.; Stanton, N.A. A Study of Vulnerable Road Users’ Behaviors Using Schema Theory and the Perceptual Cycle Model. Sustainability 2023, 15, 8339.
Abstract
In this study, by employing the think-aloud model, schema theory and the perceptual cycle model (PCM) from the perspective of vulnerable road traffic participants, the current traffic imperfections of a target section in Wudaokou were analyzed to explore potential improvement measures to enhance safety. Specifically, the present study recruited 30 local volunteers, which were equally divided into a pedestrian group, bicyclist group and E-cyclist group. The research procedure was mainly divided into three steps. By using the think-aloud method, we analyzed and recorded the contents of oral reports of the experimental road section. Then, through translation, segmentation, coding, analysis and other techniques, we sorted and studied the report data and drew a conclusion that was universal in improving the current road traffic conditions. It is hoped that through this study, on the one hand, the applicability of the oral report method, schema theory and perceptual cycle model in road traffic safety can be verified, and, on the other hand, some better improvement measures can be extracted for the road traffic state of the Wudaokou section.
Keywords
road safety; think aloud; the perceptual cycle model; schema theory
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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