Abstract
The risk of a cyclist getting into an accident with another road user is higher on the road than on the footpath because of the greater differential speed between cyclists and motorized vehicles on the road than on the footpath. To better understand the needs of the NMT road users and establish user-rated serviceability measures, nine stretches of footpaths near to transit stations were selected. These transit stations are spread over a wide geographical area, and mainly serve the residential areas with a large volume of NMT traffic that entails a wide range of pedestrian and cyclist interactions. A survey questionnaire was designed to ask respondents to rate their acceptability level of actual ground situations based on their immediate experience. The respondents were pedestrians in this case as they are the more vulnerable parties in the shared environment. Interviewers were positioned at two ends of a stretch of about 20 m of footpath and interviewed as many pedestrians walking toward them as possible.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 39-43 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers) |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Automotive Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering