Abstract
Safe and accessible pedestrian sidewalk is significant to sustainable infrastructural development and industrialisation of core of cities in world over. Studies have shown that safety of pedestrian on walkways aid their ability to shop more than sitting in the comfort of their vehicles. The study modelled the influence of lateral separation (LS) (sidewalk separation); volume of motor vehicles (VM); speed of motor vehicle (SM) and vehicular access to adjoining properties (VA) on pedestrians’ level of safety (PLS) along the streets of core area of Ikeja. Fifty-six (56) road segments were observed, measured and field information obtained analysed. Though, LS, VM, SM and VA contributed about 58.1% to (PLS) in Ikeja, the results further revealed that PLS increased with LS distant vehicles (βsd=0.60, tsd=5.14), but decreased with higher VM (βvv=0.20, tvv=1.73) and SM (βsp=0.07, tsp=0.76). It was recommended that a standardised distance of LS from moving traffic and its wideness; the required SM of vehicles and increased investment on pedestrian facilities in urban centre will improve pedestrian safety and as well promote sustainable industrialisation since pedestrian form major traffic of the industries.
Highlights
Spatial movement comprises of both motorized and nonmotorized mode, while motorized mode includes cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, and so on, non-motorized mode include pedestrians and bicycling [14]
The results of the observations and measurements of 56 road sections in Ikeja using equation 9.is presented in table 1. and provide values obtained for lateral separation (LS), Motor Vehicle Volume (MV), speed of motor vehicle (SM) and VA during field observations
The safety level of people walking by roadside model in Ikeja showed that distance of pedestrian from moving vehicle and volume of vehicles are significant
Summary
Spatial movement comprises of both motorized and nonmotorized mode, while motorized mode includes cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, and so on, non-motorized mode include pedestrians and bicycling [14]. Sustainable transportation systems involve mobility and accessibility planning that focuses on pedestrians and cyclists, not vehicles only. Pedestrians and cyclists use these spaces, to move toward their right-of-way which gives room for easy movement. “[2]” described pedestrians as people who use other means of movement apart from automobiles such as walking, riding model cycles on designated walkways and people who descending from other means of transportation. “[1]” sees pedestrian as “any person wishing to travel by foot, wheelchair, or electric scooters, throughout the community. Pedestrian is mostly referring to as people traveling on foot especially in an area used by cars. Pedestrian is any person that travels by foot, and this involves walking [13]
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