A STUDY OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN HELSINKI: METHODS AND RESULTS

THE ARTICLE IS BASED ON AN EXTENSIVE STUDY OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN HELSINKI. THE STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH THE FEATURES AND VOLUMES OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, AND WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT AND HOW IT IS EXPERIENCED. PEDESTRIAN DATA WERE OBTAINED MAINLY BY PHOTOGRAPHING HELSINKI FROM THE AIR NINE TIMES A DAY AT DIFFERENT HOURS, AND BY COUNTING THE PEDESTRIANS ON THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE EXPANSION OF INFORMATION THUS OBTAINED HELPED TO DETERMINE THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES WITHIN THE WHOLE STUDY AREA PER STREET PASSAGE. THE DATA OBTAINED THROUGH THIS METHOD ALLOWED THE DRAFTING OF A MODEL FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC VOLUME. ACCORDING TO THE MODEL THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS IN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ARE RETAIL JOBS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT. /AUTHOR/

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Lautso, K
  • MUROLE, P
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 446-469
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Human characteristics; Mathematical models; Pedestrian counts; Pedestrians; Photography; Traffic counts; Traffic flow; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian characteristics
• ITRD Terms: 8035: Finland; 6473: Mathematical model; 1733: Pedestrian; 6751: Photography; 689: Traffic count; 671: Traffic flow; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00262876
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 27 1982 12:00AM