DOWNTOWN'S FORGOTTEN MAN (AND WOMAN)

THE MAGNITUDE OF PEDESTRIAN TRIPS, AS A PART OF THE TOTAL URBAN TRANSPORTATION PICTURE, IS RARELY UNDERSTOOD. THIS MAY BE DUE PARTLY TO THE DIFFICULTY IN GETTING INFORMATION ON UNIMPORTANT TRIPS DURING HOME INTERVIEWS AND PARTLY TO THE ATTITUDE OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS THAT THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT TRIPS ARE THOSE WHICH TAKE PLACE IN A VEHICLE. PEDESTRIAN TRIPS COMPOSE 80 PERCENT OF THE INTRA-DOWNTOWN TRIPS. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LENGTH OF THESE TRIPS TO THE URBAN PLANNER IS THAT AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEM WILL PERMIT THE INSTALLATION OF PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES AT APPROPRIATE INTERVALS, TO MEET THE WALKER'S NEEDS. SUCH AMENITIES INCLUDE ARCADES, OVERPASSES, UNDERPASSES, ADEQUATE SIDEWALK WIDTHS, PLACES TO REST, AND SEPARATION FROM HEAVY TRAFFIC.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 5, No 12, PP 11-14
• Authors:
  • Morris, R L
• Publication Date: 1967-12

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Nations Cities

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arches; Central business districts; Interviewing; Overpasses; Pedestrians; Roadside rest areas; Sidewalks; Specifications; Transportation planning; Travel; Underpasses; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement; Trip
• Old TRIS Terms: Arcades
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222695
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 13 1994 12:00AM