Urban road space allocation incorporating the safety and construction cost impacts of lane and footpath widths

T Chen, NN Sze, S Chen, S Labi - Journal of safety research, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction: Walkability continues to attract great attention from urban planners, designers,
and engineers as they recognize not only the merits of pedestrian facilities in terms of the …

Impact of road infrastructure land use and traffic operational characteristics on pedestrian fatality risk: A case study of Kolkata, India

D Mukherjee, S Mitra - Transportation in Developing Economies, 2019 - Springer
Pedestrian safety in urban India is an issue of growing concern. While an extensive body of
literature is available on the identification of elements related to the pedestrian's risk, the …

A new methodology for allocating road space for public transport priority

G Currie, M Sarvi, W Young - WIT Transactions on The Built …, 2004 - witpress.com
Transport planners are continually seeking ways in which to balance the conflicting needs
for limited road space. There is a trend towards the reallocation of road space to on-road …

Macro-spatial approach for evaluating the impact of socio-economics, land use, built environment, and road facility on pedestrian safety

A Osama, T Sayed - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
With the increasing demand for sustainability, walking is being encouraged as a main active
mode of transportation. However, pedestrians are vulnerable to severe injuries when …

A zonal level safety investigation of pedestrian crashes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

KF Alkahtani, M Abdel-Aty, J Lee - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In the recent decade, walking has been encouraged as an active mode of transportation,
which could reduce congestion and air pollution and also improve community health …

Evaluation of pedestrian safety margin at mid-block crosswalks in India

C Avinash, S Jiten, S Arkatkar, J Gaurang… - Safety Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Amplified pedestrian-vehicle interaction especially at urban midblock crossings have
ensued higher pedestrian fatalities and such situations further exacerbates under …

Influence of walking accessibility for metro system on pedestrian safety: A multiple membership multilevel model

M Zhu, NN Sze, H Li - Analytic Methods in Accident Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In the past decades, many cities have adopted transit-oriented development approach for
urban planning. Studies have explored the effects of built environment, street network and …

Segment-based count regression geospatial modeling of the effect of roadside land uses on pedestrian crash frequency in rural roads

M Vahedi Saheli, M Effati - International journal of intelligent transportation …, 2021 - Springer
Pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable road users that are prone to injury and death.
Various factors have been incorporated into transportation systems in order to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the influence of rural land uses and accessibility-related factors to estimate pedestrian safety: The use of GIS and machine learning techniques

M Effati, MV Saheli - International journal of transportation science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land uses are of paramount and practical importance when it comes to populated rural
areas. In spite of this fact, not much research has been conducted to discover the interaction …

Do footbridge and underpass improve pedestrian safety? A Hong Kong case study using three-dimensional digital map of pedestrian network

M Zhu, NN Sze, S Newnam, D Zhu - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2023 - Elsevier
Hong Kong is a compact city with high activity and travel intensity. In the past decades, many
footbridges and underpasses were installed to reduce the pedestrian-vehicle conflicts on …