PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEMS IN CANADA
THIS PAPER IS CONCERNED WITH DELINEATING THE CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF PLANNING FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DOCUMENTING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEMS IN MONTREAL, TORONOTO, AND CALGARY. CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS ARE DISCUSSED WITHIN THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK AND THE CANADIAN CONTEXT. SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS, CONFIGURATIONS, CONCEPTS, AND LINKAGES ARE DESCRIBED. CANADIAN EXPERIENCE APPEARS TO INDICATE THAT THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS OF PEDESTRIAN- VEHICLE SEGREGATION ADVOCATED FOR MANY YEARS ARE BEING INCORPORATED AS PLANNING PRINCIPLES. IT WOULD ALSO APPEAR THAT THE STATE OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION PLANNING AND DESIGN IN CANADA IS STILL A VERY EMPIRIC ART. IT SEEMS APPARENT THAT NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO EVOLVE METHODS OF BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS OR DETERMINE OPTIMUM USER-COST CRITERIA. ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE ROAD AND SIDEWALK SYSTEMS ARE BUILT AT PUBLIC EXPENSE, IT IS ASSUMED THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST PAY FOR ALL OR PART OF THE SEGREGATED PDESTRIAN SYSTEMS. IN ALL THE THREE CITIES DISCUSSED, ADEQUATE LINKAGES WITH THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM ARE BEING INCLUDED. ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL TENDENCY SEEMS TO BE TO DESIGN UNDERGROUND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS, ABOVE-GROUND SYSTEMS ARE ALSO BEING TRIED. /AUTHOR/
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- Sponsored by Committee on Pedestrians and Committee on Parking and Terminals and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Pendakur, V Setty
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Conference:
- 50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
- Date: 1971-1-18 to 1971-1-22
- Publication Date: 1971
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 54-68
- Monograph Title: Pedestrians
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 355
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Altitude; Central business districts; Crash rates; Motion; Pedestrians; Public transit; Theory; Trip generation; Underground structures; Vehicles; Walkways
- Uncontrolled Terms: Elevation; Segregation
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- Old TRIS Terms: Underground
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223634
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309019680
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 999
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM