Attention Pedestrians Ahead: Evaluating User Acceptance and Perceptions of a Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System-Warning System for Pedestrians

Yanghanzi Zhang, Shuo Li, Philip Blythe, Simon Edwards, Weihong Guo, Yanjie Ji, Jin Xing, Paul Goodman and Graeme Hill
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Yanghanzi Zhang: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Shuo Li: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Philip Blythe: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Simon Edwards: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Weihong Guo: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Yanjie Ji: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Centre of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Jin Xing: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Paul Goodman: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Graeme Hill: School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Cassie Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-13

Abstract: Warning system for pedestrians (WSP), one of cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS) applications, is designed to increase safety for pedestrians but also for drivers and other road users. The evaluation of end-user acceptance and perceptions of this technology is crucial before deploying it in transportation systems. Five WSP human–machine interfaces (HMIs) were designed and simulated using a driver’s first-view video footage of driving through a pedestrian crossing in Newcastle upon Tyne. The five WSP designs were evaluated with 24 younger end users (35 years old and younger). This study first evaluated the usefulness of the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) in modelling end-user acceptance in terms of behavioural intentions to use WSP. The results suggest that the UTAUT can be applied to investigate the end-user acceptance of WSP, with performance expectancy and effort expectancy influencing the behavioural intentions to use WSP. Furthermore, we investigated end-user attitudes towards various WSP human–machine interface (HMI) designs. Participants showed more positive attitudes towards visual-only interfaces than towards audio-only and multi-modal (combinations of visual and audio) interfaces. Above all, the findings of this research increase our understanding of public acceptance and perceptions of this C-ITS application.

Keywords: cooperative vehicle–infrastructure systems; cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS); warning system for pedestrians; human–machine interface; user acceptance; user attitude (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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