Affiliation(s)
1. Senior Scientist, Transportation Planning, CSIR—Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi 110025, India;
2. Senior Principal Scientist, Transportation Planning, CSIR—Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi 110025, India;
3. Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, C.V.Raman College of Engineering, Bhubneshwar 752054, India
ABSTRACT
In Indian mixed traffic, a common scenario is when motorized vehicles,
non-motorized vehicles including pedestrians use the same road space. In such
conditions, if PLOS (pedestrian level of service) is measured using
conventional methods, i.e., considering
pedestrians walking on footpath only; leads to unrealistic results as most of
the time pedestrians are seen walking on the path dedicated for vehicles, i.e., vehicle-path. The
decision making behavior of pedestrians regarding walking on footpath or on
vehicle-path is influenced by the quality of footpath as well as the
characteristics of traffic on vehicle-path and the presence of vendors in the
street. Hardly any research carried out on measuring pedestrians’
serviceability on road considering pedestrians walking on vehicle-path. This
study attempts to estimate the effect of various parameters such as intensity
of vehicular traffic on the vehicle-path, presence of street vendors on the
vehicle-path, etc., on pedestrians’
decision of walking on footpath or on vehicle-path based on data collected at
two locations in New Delhi, India, by using various statistical methods,
especially binary logistic regression. One of the locations is an urban two-lane undivided road
with footpath on both sides, a part of National Highway-2, another one is a
four-lane divided road
with footpath on both sides which is a typical arterial road. It has been found
that vendors play a significant role in pedestrians’ decision making regarding
walking on footpath or on vehicle-path. Study proposes a model to measure pedestrians’
serviceability on a road where pedestrians may be walking on the vehicle-path
even in the presence of footpath.
KEYWORDS
Pedestrian, India, serviceability, vehicle-path, foot-path;
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