Crossing the Line: Teaching Pedestrian Models to Reason, Not Memorize
Crosswalks look simple from a spreadsheet. A pedestrian either crosses at the intersection or crosses mid-block. The model sees age group, gender, lane count, lighting, weather, signal timing, maybe a bus stop nearby, and then predicts the choice. Very civilized. Very tabular. Very likely to fail when the same logic is moved to a different road. ...