Determining the sidewalk pavement width by using pedestrian discomfort levels and movement characteristics

S Kim, J Choi, Y Kim - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2011 - Springer
This paper presents a sidewalk pavement width design method for making more pedestrian
friendly and walk-inspiring sidewalk pavements in the urban area. Instead of using the …

A new method for evaluation of level of service in pedestrian facilities

M Mōri, H Tsukaguchi - Transportation Research Part A: General, 1987 - Elsevier
Safe and comfortable walking is essential for pedestrian movement in modern urban
transportation systems. Since pedestrian traffic cannot be restricted in some specified …

Pedestrian level of service for sidewalks in China

Y Bian, W Wang, J Lu, J Ma, D Tan - 2007 - trid.trb.org
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 …

Evaluation of pedestrians' sidewalk behavior in developing countries

V Wicramasinghe, S Dissanayake - Transportation research procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Most city centers are compacted with heavy pedestrian flows. Despite with sufficient
sidewalks, pedestrians use carriageways creating life threats and disturbing the smooth …

Method to determine overall level-of-service of pedestrian walkways based on total utility value

T MURALEETHAEAN, T Adachi, T Hagiwara… - Infrastructure Planning …, 2005 - jstage.jst.go.jp
It is necessary to objectively quantify how well roadways accommodate pedestrian travel.
Such a measure of walking conditions would greatly aid in roadway cross-sectional design …

Roadside walking environments and major factors affecting pedestrian level of service

S Kim, J Choi, S Kim - International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper provides study results of the pedestrian level of service (LOS) within the roadside
walking environments. The comfort needs of pedestrians and the multimodal LOS are the …

Method to determine pedestrian level of service for sidewalks in Indian context

S Marisamynathan, S Lakshmi - Transportation letters, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
For the construction of new sidewalks and maintenance of existing sidewalks, the estimation
of pedestrian level of service (PLOS) is needed, for which there is no proper methodology in …

Assessment of sidewalk walkability: Integrating objective and subjective measures of identical context-based sidewalk features

W Gao, Y Qian, H Chen, Z Zhong, M Zhou… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The sidewalk environment directly influences pedestrians' willingness to walk in a
neighborhood. However, the existing audit tools have mixed sidewalk-level features with …

A comparison analysis of factors to affect pedestrian volumes by land-use type using Seoul Pedestrian Survey data

JY Jang, ST Choi, HS Lee, SJ Kim… - The Journal of The Korea …, 2015 - koreascience.kr
The paper analyzes factors to affect pedestrian volumes by land-use type using 2012 Seoul
Pedestrian Survey. First of all, five groups were classified based on land-use types around …

Personal space, evasive movement and pedestrian level of service

S Kim, J Choi, S Kim, R Tay - Journal of advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study proposed a behavioral theory‐based approach to better assess pedestrian levels
of service for sidewalks, using the concepts of personal space and pedestrian evasive …