STUDY ON PEDESTRIAN AND SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC

International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, 2019

Cities and Towns play a vital role in promoting economic growth and prosperity. Although less than one-third of India's people live in cities and towns. Rapid population growth and accelerated Economic development have been exerting greater pressure on the provision of public services in urban areas in India, Particularly on the delivery of infrastructure services like urban transport. The cities have not come up with development and investments plans in urban transport, which is resulting in chaotic traffic and transport conditions in several cities. Bangalore is the fifth largest metropolis in India and is one of the fastest growing cities in Asia. There has been a phenomenal growth in the population of vehicles as well especially the two and four wheelers in this period due to rising household incomes. In the absence of adequate public transport system, people are using the personalized modes which is not only leading to congestion on limited road network but also increasing environmental pollution. There is high pedestrian traffic in core area and some other areas in Bangalore. Footpath facilities are generally not adequate and their condition is deteriorating. Therefore up gradation of their facilities is very important. Share of cycle traffic has declined over the years. This mode of transport needs to be promoted by providing cycle tracks along the roads. Parking facilities need to be augmented substantially. The Scope of the Project is to provide clear Pedestrian paths and to calculate the Pedestrian Walakability Index for proposed stretch and level of service for the selected area. From achieving these objectives the urban transportation can be made to function smoothly.

2015

Pedestrians are one of the most vulnerable entities of the transportation system. Most of the developments that have taken place are directed towards the improvement of the vehicular network and facilities, but little has been done for the pedestrians. With an increase in the motor vehicular traffic and the corresponding increase in the corresponding increase in the congestion and increase in the road accidents, the importance for improvement of the pedestrian facilities has assumed great significance. The facilities for such movement can be ramp, stairs or escalators. Pedestrian characteristics need to be studied on these facilities under usually congested flow condition as prevailing in India or other developing countries. This will provide input for the improvement in design of these facilities so that pedestrian movement can be faster, efficient and convenient. The study/ paper is an effort to gather information about the way the people think for the pedestrian’s facilities they...

At present, there are many problems being faced by road users in urban area with limitation of land space and traffic congestion, pedestrian are one of the most vulnerable entities of the transportation system It is observed that there is an increase in number of conflicts between pedestrian and the vehicles in the city. In order to mitigate the conflicts between vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic an attempt is made to provide a Skywalk. The present study involves the Opinion survey of pedestrians, Mid-block traffic count, pedestrian count were carried out for Ashoka road on weekdays and weekends. From the opinion survey, traffic count and pedestrian counts we can conclude that there is a need to construct Skywalk to reduce the pedestrian accidents rates on Ashoka road.

2021

Due to urbanization, increased automobile growth, and lack of attention by drivers as well as pedestrians to the traffic regulations, traffic collisions affecting pedestrians, which have now become a serious safety issue in many developed nations such as India. The established road design does not have sufficient pedestrian facilities and thus there is a constant dispute between automobiles and pedestrians over sharing the limited space on a road. This often contributes to a dangerous situation and overcrowded traffic conditions for the slow speed vehicles and pedestrians. Although adequate control systems including signals are given at unregulated crossings, but still most of the pedestrians do not use the signals and tend to avoid pedestrian crossing areas that adversely impact the characteristics of the flow of traffic and the movement of road users. The objective of this research is to bring out the factors related to pedestrian accidents, characteristics of pedestrian behaviors...

In the urban transport version of India, traffic planners primarily emphasize the motorized movement mode. All types of road development steps are taken in terms of safety, speed or interval of time at intersections in the case of a motor vehicle. But in the current traffic condition, the non-motorized traffic mode is also increasing. Pedestrians and cyclists are occupying the track of the motor vehicle since they are not provided with separate grades. It leads to traffic congestion and the pedestrian safety factor. According to the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) 2010, for this heterogeneous traffic, we cannot simply increase the level of service by developing the quality of the roads for vehicles. S teps have been taken to reclaim pavement for pedestrians by removing the encroachment on footpath. A study was carried out in TirahaS andila Road, S andila, Uttar Pradesh, where about 260 meters of path surrounded it and separated from the road by a divider along the road. Users were asked to answer questions about the quality of service provided by the system in terms of the questionnaire formed. The format of the questionnaire was based on the factors that the user perceives. Based on the ratings, an analysis was carried out to find the level of service based on the perception of the interviewers. The analysis consisted of five factors: safety, level of comfort, invasion of the supplier, accessibility, performance of the sidewalk and climatic conditions. The analysis was performed in S PS S and the area was categorized at a specific service level of 6 service level grades (LOS). It is difficult to have a LOS value for an area based on perception, since it varies from person to person. Therefore, the tour is performed at its best possible LOS value depending on the majority of the majority of the user's perception.

A transportation system that encourages walking can reduce traffic congestion and improve the safety of motorists and the quality of life. It is safe and comfortable, with streets that are easy to cross for people of varied ages and degrees of mobility. Circulation of pedestrian is of vital importance's to the modern metropolis, but the paradox here is that though meant for human travel, these roads hardly provide any quality space for those who are without vehicles (well known as pedestrian). Due to the ambiguous position of non-motorized travel in an urban transportation system, the transportation conditions for non-motorized travel are getting worse in cities, which illustrate the urgent need for the improvement for same. The study is confined in identifying the pedestrian and vehicular conflict at the Vytilla junction and the problems faced by the pedestrians in the concerned area. The safety analysis of the pedestrians at the junction is done by determining the Level of Service (LOS) and by PV2 analysis.

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Traffic flow is one of the major issues that most of the metropolitan cities are facing in spite of measures being taken to ease and reduce it. Traffic congestion in the recent past years, has emerged as one of the main challenge for engineers, planners and policy makers in urban areas. Also it is a challenge to provide efficient road width, footpath width, and signal time for the increasing demand with the limited resources available. In this research traffic flow and pedestrian facilities of selected routes in Nagpur city has been studied. This research investigates those sections of the Nagpur city which are considered among the busiest roads.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2012

Urban space belongs to the public acting as a generator of social and cultural interactions. Behavioral patterns define how to use space. Therefore, a successful urban design is based on how it fulfills human values. Urban environment can be the origin of cognition, differentiation and spatial behavior. With a rise of motor vehicles, separation of pedestrian path from vehicle seemed to be inevitable in order to provide pedestrians safety. In this paper, through library based researches, we have tried to reach a model of well-organized pedestrian movement, and to clarify safety factors in addition to designing a people-friendly, urban public space.

A comfortable environment makes a journey by foot pleasant and enjoyable. However, in Dhaka city, about 60% trips are making on foot everyday but the pedestrians are facing many problems while using the walkways. A lot of research works are going on for assessing the pedestrian's level of services in the developed nations but in developing countries like Bangladesh, it is not a significant one for the transport planners. For instance, this paper tries to emphasize the problems of pedestrians and to explore the qualitative level of comfort of the pedestrians in Dhaka City by offering a method. Six broad categories have been observed during the field survey to assess the roadside walking environment in terms of i) safety, ii) security, iii) convenience and comfort, iv) continuity of the walkway, v) system coherence and vi) attractiveness by some specific facilities.

American Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2019

Traffic congestion and lack of public pedestrian space are faced by most urban areas in Bangladesh. Provision of facilities for pedestrian is not increased as a rate of increase in population. Consequently pedestrians are at greater risk for their safety, especially in the commercial zones of large cities. In Rajshahi, walkways are constructed recently; but the facilities are not enough for providing friendly environment. The demand for the improvement of pedestrian facilities is raised due to the reasons such as difficulties in crossing busy intersections, conflicts among pedestrians and vehicles, physical barriers, low visibility, improper design of handicapped accessible ramps and so on. The purpose of the study is to assess pedestrian environment to show how extent the pedestrian facilities are friendly for walking. The pedestrian friendly environment is evaluated under five criteria i.e. Connection, Convenience, Convivial, Comfortable and Conspicuousness. Rajshahi City Corporation area is divided into four zones for comparative view of existing pedestrian planning condition such as Residential Zone, Commercial zone, Recreational zone and Industrial zone. For fulfilling the objectives, questionnaire survey has conducted for user perception on pedestrian environment. Sample size was 267 according to the population of RCC area in 2017 with 95% confidence level. The method of the sampling is random selection. This study reveals that pedestrian environment is not friendly everywhere and worse in commercial zone rather than other three zones. Main lacking of pedestrian friendly environment is Conviviality among five criteria. Pedestrian's recommendation is also included. It is expected that the results will be highly useful for improvement of walkways for efficient, adequate and safer movement of the pedestrians.