TRENDS IN DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND METHODS OF ESTIMATING DAILY VOLUMES

This study examines the pedestrian traffic changes in the Chicago central business district from 1981 to 1989, dates of two major pedestrian traffic surveys. Each interviewed more than 1,400 and counted more than 3 million pedestrians. Pedestrian flows have changed with land use changes and the growing importance of the two major train stations on the west side of downtown. Office space has increased and retailing has moved north. Some areas have experienced declining pedestrian traffic as pedestrian traffic generation rates of downtown office space declined. Some basic characteristics of pedestrians and their traffic patterns have not changed. The stability in the daily pattern of pedestrian traffic, even when volumes rise or fall, leads to a method to estimate 10-hr pedestrian volumes. This method is proposed because it is easy to use, it requires little data, and existing Milwaukee and Los Angeles models do not work well without recalibration.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1325, Highway Safety: Older Drivers, Seat Belts, Alcohol, Motorcycles, and Pedestrians 1991. 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
• Authors:
  • Soot, Siim
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 75-82
• Monograph Title: Highway safety: older drivers, seat belts, alcohol, motorcycles, and pedestrians, 1991
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1325
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis of variance; Central business districts; Daily; Data collection; Estimating; Human characteristics; Land use; Pedestrian density; Pedestrian flow; Pedestrians; Surveys; Trend (Statistics); Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Daily variations; Pedestrian volume
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian characteristics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00622224
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309051657
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 31 1992 12:00AM