Pedestrian Level of Service for Sidewalks in China

This paper sought to develop a model for the estimation of pedestrian level of service on sidewalks from the perspective of the pedestrian's perception of comfort and safety in the roadside environment, which applies to Chinese national traffic conditions. This paper firstly analyzed the characteristics of Chinese national traffic conditions in metropolitan areas, based on which 9 segments were selected as survey sites and the survey time was from 15:30 to 18:30. Totally, 501 pedestrians walking on the sidewalks were surveyed on their real-time perceptions and the geometrical and operational characteristics of the segments were collected. Based on the survey data, Pearson correlation analysis and step-wise regression analysis were used to develop the pedestrian level of service model. To determine whether each lateral separation element had effect on pedestrian's perception, the elements were analyzed separately in the Pearson correlation analysis. The results revealed that the significant factors included width of landscaped strip between motor vehicle lanes and non-motorized vehicle lane, width of non-motorized vehicle lane, width of buffer area, width of sidewalk, motor vehicle volume, non-motorized vehicle volume, pedestrian volume and obstructions. A model based on the significant factors was developed, with a medium correlation coefficient (R2=0.50). This paper discussed the reasons why R-square was not so high and why several factors were eliminated from the model according to Chinese national traffic conditions, and provided suggestions on further researches.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Bian, Yang
  • Wang, Wei
  • Lu, Jian
  • Ma, Junlai
  • Tan, Dandan
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
• Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 24p
• Monograph Title: TRB 86th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crosswalks; Highway capacity; Highway operations; Level of service; Pedestrian flow; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian traffic; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Sidewalks; Traffic; Traffic flow; Traffic volume; Walking; Walking distance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic conditions
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01044123
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 07-1185
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 19 2007 6:25AM