In recent years, the design (and re-design) of cities to encourage walkability has taken on new urgency as part of a wider campaign for sustainable urban development …
Cities world-wide have taken the opportunity presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to improve and expand pedestrian infrastructure, providing residents with a sense of relief and …
F Valls, Á Clua - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Within the framework of urban pedestrian networks, this paper presents a method of modeling the street network from the perspective of foot traffic, beyond the vehicle-focused …
Walking is important for human health, and street connectivity has been considered as an important attribute to enhance walking. Although street connectivity has been investigated …
P Newman - Sustainable trasnport: planning for walking and …, 2003 - books.google.com
Humans walk. This basic biological fact is neglected at our peril. With all our technology and urban artefacts if we do not build walking into our daily lives and our cities' infrastructure …
ABSTRACT Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS) models are widely used to assess walking facilities. These models have been in existence since the 1970s, wherein the process …
A key component of TOD planning is pedestrians' access to transit stations. An often- underrated component of the urban fabric is alleyways. Alleys are largely neglected in …
DA King, KJ Krizek - Town Planning Review, 2021 - liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
The COVID-19 pandemic helped reveal much-needed insights about how people view cities and interact with public space. City leaders, planners and even the public realised how …
C Hass-Klau - Sustainable transport, 2003 - books.google.com
Walking has always been a fringe subject in transport planning and transport engineering. This is surprising because more people walk than use any other form of transport. It has …