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A Study on Realization of Road Safety Facilities Guiding the Visually Impaired at Unsignalized Crossing on Community Road

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26820215
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Civil engineering project/Traffic engineering
Research InstitutionNihon University

Principal Investigator

INAGAKI Tomoyuki  日本大学, 理工学部, 助教 (20609945)

Research Collaborator OHKURA Motohiro  成蹊大学, 理工学部, 教授 (30119341)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords視覚障害者 / 生活道路 / 交通安全施設 / 交差点横断 / 歩行支援 / 安全性確保
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Many visually impaired persons walk alone with an uneasy and unsafe feeling on community roads, where facilities for guiding them are not introduced proactively. We have suggested several guiding methods using the road safe facilities. On the other hand, applications into actual roads need careful consideration for maintenance of the original purpose of traffic safety.
In this study, we focused on protrusions mounted onto dot-lines for safe crossing of totally blind persons at unsignalized crossings and evaluated the wheelchair vibrations based on the examination at the simulated crossing on the test road. The results showed the problems about safety and comfort of wheelchair users caused by the same protrusions as escort zones, and the importance of further studies about a layout of dots in a crossing and protrusion height.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2017 2015

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 視覚障害者が歩きやすい道路空間の整備視点2017

    • Author(s)
      稲垣具志
    • Journal Title

      住宅

      Volume: 724 Pages: 15-20

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 路面表示の活用による視覚障害者移動支援の可能性2015

    • Author(s)
      稲垣具志
    • Journal Title

      交通工学

      Volume: Vol.50、No.4 Pages: 12-15

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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