Pedestrian self-reports of factors influencing the use of pedestrian bridges

Räsänen, Mikko; Lajunen, Timo; Alticafarbay, Farahnaz; Aydın, Cahide

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2007.01.004

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“…Earlier, [120][121][122] studied foot over bridges (FOBs) and the factors which influenced the usability of such facilities. The study by [120], observed that if a pedestrian found a direct route with less or equal time to cross, the tendency was to cross at grade without using the overpass, even though this increased their taking risk probability.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In England, [121] by using statistical methods tried to figure out the stepping frequency and walking speed (81 m/min) over foot bridges. Similarly, [122] found that in Turkey, use or non-use of foot bridge was a habit and not a coincidental behaviour, and suggestions were made to increase usability by setting up escalators to improve convenience.…”

Section: Grade Separated Facilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Pedestrian flow characteristics and level of service on dissimilar facilities: A critical review

2018

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Present paper reviewed the past studies on pedestrian flow characteristics (such as speed, flow, density, space, free-flow speed and jam density) and development of Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) for various pedestrian facilities (i.e., sidewalk, walkway, crosswalk, grade separated, stairways and escalators. Fundamental relationships (between speed and density) were observed over different facilities and were found to be significantly different. The fundamental relationships for sidewalk facility predicted the range of free flow speeds to be 65 − 85 m/min and jam densities to be 3.5 − 5.3 ped/m 2 . The minimum and maximum pedestrian speeds over sidewalk facility in different countries observed were 52 m/min and 98 m/min respectively, with a mean speed of 79 m/min. The male pedestrians walked at 4 − 9 m/min higher speed in comparison to their female counterparts; while the older pedestrians walked at 15 − 20 m/min lower speed than the younger ones over the various types of crosswalk facilities. Similarly, speed-density relationships for ascending and descending stairways showed that the difference between the two directions varied between 4 − 12 m/min, and that the speed was significantly higher in case of descending direction. Moreover, the jam densities for stairways were also observed to be lower in case of descending direction, as the pedestrians generally maintain higher gap (than in ascending direction) with other pedestrians in front to avoid pushing and the risk of falling down. The flow characteristics were significantly influenced by the type of facility, width, age, gender and location of the study. Primarily factors such as physique (height), culture (dress), attractions (presence of hawkers located along sidewalks), friction (due to parked vehicles), purpose of walking trip and environmental conditions were the main reasons for pedestrians of countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Sri-Lanka to walk significantly slower than the counterparts pedestrians in the USA, UK or Canada. The review conducted on the PLOS mainly looked into the type of survey conducted (qualitative vs. quantitative), LOS parameters and the various software/models used in development of LOS. Researchers from the USA and Japan preferably used both qualitative and quantitative approaches in defining LOS over sidewalks; while in India, China and Malaysia qualitative method was highly preferred. Pedestrian volume, safety, surface, obstruction and width were observed as essential parameters for qualitative survey while density, flow rate, pedestrian speed and width were used in quantitative survey for sidewalks. In developing the PLOS over sidewalk facility; Conjoint analysis, Landis method, HCM method, affinity propagation cluster algorithm and Gainesville method were preferred by various researchers. Studies conducted over crosswalk facility measured space, flow rate, vehicle volume and delay as the most significant factors in developing LOS based on quantitative technique; while vehicle speed, ...

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Pedestrian flow characteristics and level of service on dissimilar facilities: A critical review

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“…'Driving licence ownership' is often reflected feature by surveying due to this, e.g. Füssl et al, (2017), Räsänen et al, (2007). Every pedestrian has an individual style of walking.…”

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“…Study elaborated by Räsänen et al, (2007) is focused on using of pedestrian bridges (overpasses) in Ankara. There are compared two bridges (overpasses) with similar features related to bridges and to road operation on crossed routes as well.…”

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Appraisal of transport infrastructure for pedestrians in the city area, the case of Pardubice

Bulíček¹,

Brožová²

2017

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“…The street-crossing facilities considered in this study were footbridges and signalized crosswalks with countdown timer (unsignalized crosswalks and pedestrian underpasses are unusual in Beijing). Equipping footbridges with escalators can reduce their inconvenience [4]. The footbridges were further classified into three types in this study: (I) without escalators, (II) with escalators in one direction, and (III) with escalators in both up and down directions.…”

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Choice Behavior of the Elderly Regarding Street-Crossing Facility

Wei

Yan

Shao

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Journal of Advanced Transportation

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This study aims to understand the street-crossing-facility choice behavior of the elderly. The footbridges were classified into three types with different levels of convenience. On the other hand, the safety of the crosswalk was assumed to be highly related to the remaining time of pedestrian green light. An adaptive SP survey was designed to collect choice data from individuals aged 60 years or above, and a multilevel logistic model was developed to analyze the behavior data. The results indicated that convenience and safety exert significant influence on the facility choice behavior. The choice behavior of the elderly toward making trade-off decision between convenience and safety was further discussed through the multilevel logistic regression analyses.

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Pedestrian self-reports of factors influencing the use of pedestrian bridges

Cited by 73 publications

References 9 publications

Pedestrian flow characteristics and level of service on dissimilar facilities: A critical review

Pedestrian flow characteristics and level of service on dissimilar facilities: A critical review

Appraisal of transport infrastructure for pedestrians in the city area, the case of Pardubice

Choice Behavior of the Elderly Regarding Street-Crossing Facility

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