Giving greater priority to pedestrians at signalized junctions, increasing the visibility of pedestrians to drivers and providing safer crossing points is expected to improve the safety of pedestrians.

The effect of these measures can be tested by comparing safety before and after implementation. Safety was operationalized by certain types of pedestrian behavior which are associated with a greater level of risk and hence accidents. Behavioral-based investigations with The Observer turned out to be an important short term way of monitoring safety.

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