Pedestrian Pathways Research Articles

A Review of methodologies for analyzing thermal comfort in urban pedestrian pathways

According to the ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55, thermal comfort is a subjective evaluation of thermal environment satisfaction. Therefore, the most challenging issue about thermal comfort is the assessment by subjective evaluation and addressing the case as a mental condition. Hence, The primary goal of the study is to determine which of the well-known thermal comfort indices is most suited for studying urban pedestrian movement. The present research method is based on the study of a wide range of research related to climatic comfort on the scale of urban space. The research has a review character and is set to analyze the different indices comparatively. In the analytical approach, the most significant factors which are compared are 1- PMV (predicted mean vote), 2- P4SR (four-hour predicted transpiration index), 3- HSI (heat stress index), 4- SET (standard effective temperature), 5- E.T.* (new effective temperature), 6- PPD (predicted percentage of dissatisfied) and 7- PET (Physiological Equivalent Temperature). The results show each component's advantages and disadvantages in analyzing thermal comfort in urban pedestrian pathways. The findings also underscored the importance of incorporating mixed methodologies to assist designers in making more accurate selections during urban planning. The most difficult issues that should be reconsidered in order to gain a better understanding of thermal comfort as an "adaptive" issue in urban pedestrian pathways are 1- Resetting the reference temperatures, 2- Readdressing the equations for upper and lower limits, 3- Providing more comprehensive databases (age, weight, gender, and thermal history), and 4- Reprogramming the acceptable temperature ranges based on individual expectations. Controls, layout, airflow, and humidity, among other design considerations, would be better emphasized by urban designers.

Redesign Peningkatan Fungsi Mixed Use Area Jalan Jendral Soedirman Kota Salatiga melalui Re-desain Jalur Pedestrian

Increasing the Mixed Use Function of the Jendral Soedirman street Area, Salatiga City through Redesigning Pedestrian Pathways. Jendral Sudirman street is Salatiga's busiest business district and economic center. The Jendral Sudirman street business district is used for a variety of purposes, including shopping areas, traditional markets, modern markets, offices, places of worship, hotels, and education. Based on the amount of human movement in the Jendral Sudirman street business area, both by vehicles and pedestrians. However, the area lacks the adequate pedestrian infrastructure to support pedestrian activity. As a result, a review of the pedestrian path's planning and redesign was conducted, taking into account the site's location, materials, and the requirement for facilities and infrastructure. The study used qualitative descriptive method to determine the landscape, planning, and develop a design for the pedestrian path in the Jendral Sudirman street business area using the data obtained through analysis and synthesis. The newly designed tools are powered by Autocad for making siteplan and Google SketchUp for making visual 3D design. The pedestrian redesign of the Jendral Sudirman Road business district is based on the concept of keeping people safe and comfortable. The result indicate that Jendral Sudirman street business area is divided into three zones based on its characteristics, with each zone utilizing andesite stone guiding blocks and pedestrian lamps to increase safety and comfortable for pedestrians and people with disabilities in the night. In terms of comfort, there will be provided shade trees, trash cans, and benches to encourage pedestrian activity on Jenderal Sudirman street.

Impact of residential everyday urban spaces conception on children community play behavior and cognitive development: the case of Cairo and Paris

This research was initiated with the objective of investigating the potential impact of urban space design on play behavior and child development. Two neighborhoods (in Paris and Cairo) with similar spatial typologies (garden, pedestrian pathways, assembly zone, courtyard, building buffers, and pockets), but with different spatial attributes forming different configurations, were investigated. The study relies on causal comparative survey and intrinsic case study approaches. Data collection was conducted through children behavioral observations on children aged from 5 to 12 , perceptual drawing activities and informal interviews with child-led walks. The children are from middle socio-cultural segments of both societies that helped in understanding children’s play in a variety of outdoor settings. The assembled data was analyzed within the shadow of Trialectic Space and Affordances theories to the two neighborhoods, where children perception to their lived ambiance was identified. Trialectic theory helps in comprehending the difference between the conceived space by designers, the perceive space by children, and the resulted lived space. Affordance theory helps to link the environmental characteristics and the users’ behaviors according to their capabilities. Based on the analyzed data, the study identified a set of specific spatial physical aspects and functional qualities “potentialities” associated to children experiences and their space preferences. The study recommended that urban planners should extract themes essential for creating “child friendly” environment.

The Impact of University Campus Design on Students’ Walkability: A Case Study

Walking is an essential human activity that improves people’s mental and physical well-being. It is vital to encourage this activity in our daily lives, including places of work and study. This includes universities, which help shape students’ lifestyles. This study aims to investigate the impact of university campus design on students’ walkability. The study discussed the design aspects that encourage students to walk and the obstacles that repel them from walking. The study achieved this aim by conducting a case study analysis in Saudi Arabia using direct observation and a questionnaire. The study summarised ten design aspects that could be used to assess and improve walkability at university campuses. The study concluded that having a pathway system that encourages walkability is essential in university campus design. However, this could be enhanced using street furniture, elements of visual interest, and lighting elements along pedestrian pathways.

How frequent is the spontaneous occurrence of synchronized walking in daily life?

Experimental work has suggested that individuals walking side by side may frequently synchronize their steps. The present study created video records of pedestrian activity on pedestrian pathways in order to estimate the frequency of continuous synchronization among pairs of walkers going about their daily lives. About 6% of 498 coded pairs were continuously synchronized. Analysis and modeling of the distributions of frequency differences suggested that while different walkers will tend to have different preferred frequencies for a given speed (i.e., a preferred ratio of step length to step frequency, or walk ratio), they may tend to adjust their walk ratios slightly toward one another's even when they are not synchronizing their steps.

Developing Pedestrian Capacity Based on Movement Simulation Model: The Case of Malioboro, Yogyakarta

The activity of pedestrian movement can be predicted by a pedestrian model. Pedestrian model would assign pedestrian lane characteristic, especially for capacity. This study is intended as an effort to develop basic capacity on pedestrian pathways in Indonesia with simulation models. The function of the sidewalk was not only a connecting path between regions in the commercial area but also has a higher level of complexity due to diverse pedestrian motives. This study used a microscopic approach through model simulation that built-in PTV Viswalk as a supporting system to do it. Location of study in Jalan Malioboro in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This study resulted that the default value coefficient about the pedestrian characteristic model needs to change and pedestrian speed was a key to giving a new value. Then, validation for simulation is given with local and global validation. It resulted that new value makes similar value with real data which could reach basic capacity. Then, basic capacity does with Viswalk simulation and reaches 365,42 pedestrian/meter/minute as a basic pedestrian lane in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This study makes a starting point to reach the developing standard for pedestrian traffic in Indonesia.

Walkability Index Pada Zona Komersial Melalui Segmentasi Area Trotoar di Kota Pekanbaru

Walkability index is an assessment of pedestrians through the physical condition of a sidewalk facility. Sukaramai Plaza is located in the CBD (Central Business District) Area of Pekanbaru City. This area has become an attractions for the people of Pekanbaru and other areas. As for the movement that occurs not only the movement of vehicles in the lane of vehicles, but also pedestrians. Evaluation of pedestrian paths is needed to provide an input regarding the comfortability for pedestrian. This study aims to evaluate the sidewalk in the Sukaramai Plaza area on Jalan Sudirman, Pekanbaru. Sidewalk in this area is divided by 4 segments. The parameters used are the physical condition for pedestrians about 9 parameters of the physical condition of the sidewalk for each segment. The results showed that sidewalk has a walkability score in the range of 50-70 which is a good enough category to walk. In addition, the results of this study also showed that the presence of a shop window above the sidewalk making difficult for pedestrian. Therefore, the results will contribute primarily to the pedestrian pathway provider and the government as a regulator to improve pedestrian facilities, especially in the city of Pekanbaru.

Comfort Of Pedestrian Roads In The City Of Singaraja An Assessment Of User Behavior

This study focuses on the concept of pedestrian path arrangement in terms of physical and non-physical conditions as well as user behavior. The research was conducted in commercial areas on Jalan Ahmad Yani and Diponegoro in Singaraja City, based on the phenomenon of pedestrian paths that are currently experiencing a change of function. The research method used is a qualitative method using place-centered mapping techniques for data collection. The place-centered mapping technique is used for mapping the location of activities / pedestrian paths and user sketches in using pedestrian paths which results in the concept of structuring pedestrian paths. The results of this study indicate that the current pedestrian paths in Singaraja City are not in accordance with the behavior of its users due to physical conditions and the change in the function of the pedestrian paths by parking, trading and displaying merchandise. So the concept of structuring the comfort of the pedestrian path that is produced is in the form of a pedestrian lane that should not be obstructed by behavioral activities or other supporting facilities, the need to provide an on-street parking area, the need for attention in terms of the pavement material used on the pedestrian path to comply with standards and the need for additional leveling. as well as pedestrian pathway dividers.

PEDESTRIAN PATH LIVABILITY CONCEPT IN THE RTH AREA RELIGIOUS MONUMENT OF KENDARI CITY

Green Open Space is a city-forming element that has an important role in maintaining environmentalbalance and environmental sustainability in urban areas. Parks in addition to having an ecologicalfunction, can be used as a place for socializing and economic activities. Thus, the park as a city facilitymust have a good level of livability for the convenience of its visitors. Pedestrian trails located in thegreen open space area of Kendari City are parks with indications of decreased livability. This studyaims to analyze the feasibility and performance of pedestrian pathways in the green open space area ofKendari City against applicable standards such as: accessibility, connectivity, circulation, security,safety, noise, beauty, climate and cleanliness and determine the priority of services needed to improveperformance. pedestrian facilities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the service andperformance of pedestrian paths in the Green Open Space (RTH) of Kendari City by using 27 researchvariables which were a combination of quantitative and qualitative research, with a sample of 399people. respondents. This study uses the Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) method in assessingthe performance of the existing pedestrian path, and the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) todetermine the user satisfaction index for the services received. The results obtained in this study arerelated to evaluating the performance of the existing pedestrian path which consists of goodcategories: facilities for pedestrians with special needs (guiding blocks), availability of road markings,availability of crossing lanes, security systems (cctv, security posts), speed control facilities ,cleanliness level. adequate/ordinary categories: dimensions of pedestrian paths, lighting of pedestrianpaths, differences in the level of height of pedestrian paths with road bodies, availability of pedestrianpath markings and signs/signals, surface texture of materials, seating, climate (shady), shelter/shelter ,Vegetation/shade plants, Number and quality of trash bins. bad/bad categories: the availability oframps, pedestrian paths connected to urban transportation elements, continuity of pedestrian paths,obstructions in pedestrian paths, crossings, and noise suppression facilities, while the pedestrian pathuser satisfaction index for services is only in the category quite satisfied with a value of 65.57%.

Sikap Pengguna terhadap Pedestrian Friendly Jalur Pedestrian Jalan Gajah Mada di Kota Pontianak

The trade and service area in a city is the lifeblood of a city's growth and also as a tourist attraction in a city if it is well organized in terms of facilities and infrastructure because it provides convenience in transactions as well as a means of recreation. One of the main means of the trade area is the pedestrian path in the area. Likewise with the pedestrian path in the corridor area of ​​Jalan Gadjah Mada which is the main trading area of ​​Pontianak city where the condition of the pedestrian path does not seem to provide maximum hospitality and comfort or pedestrian friendly for the community. This is evidenced by the lack of people to use the pedestrian path.
 This research approach uses descriptive research methods that aim to provide a systematic, factual, quantitative and qualitative description of the facts and characteristics of a particular population or area.
 Based on the above, the results to be achieved from this research are to be able to describe how the attitude of the community, especially users of the pedestrian path on Jalan Gadjah Mada towards the pedestrian friendly path, which will be written in the form of a scientific journal and complete the teaching materials for the City Design Concept Theory course. At the same time, it is hoped that it can provide input for local governments and consultants in planning and designing pedestrian pathways for road corridors in the future.

Terrain Perception Using Wearable Parrot-Inspired Companion Robot, KiliRo.

Research indicates that deaths due to fall incidents are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths in the world. Death by fall due to a person texting or talking on mobile phones while walking, impaired vision, unexpected terrain changes, low balance, weakness, and chronic conditions has increased drastically over the past few decades. Particularly, unexpected terrain changes would many times lead to severe injuries and sometimes death even in healthy individuals. To tackle this problem, a warning system to alert the person of the imminent danger of a fall can be developed. This paper describes a solution for such a warning system used in our bio-inspired wearable pet robot, KiliRo. It is a terrain perception system used to classify the terrain based on visual features obtained from processing the images captured by a camera and notify the wearer of terrain changes while walking. The parrot-inspired KiliRo robot can twist its head and the camera up to 180 degrees to obtain visual feedback for classification. Feature extraction is followed by K-nearest neighbor for terrain classification. Experiments were conducted to establish the efficacy and validity of the proposed approach in classifying terrain changes. The results indicate an accuracy of over 95% across five terrain types, namely pedestrian pathway, road, grass, interior, and staircase.

Assessing the urban design qualities of the urban street: A case study of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Abstract Shortage supply of space for urban infrastructure including street and pedestrian aspects remains a great challenge in the context of Bangladesh due to the rapid growth of urbanization. Here, overcrowded cities can hardly manage space for walking, the safest mood of public mobility. In Sylhet, a city in north-eastern Bangladesh, widening the vehicular street and decorating pedestrian pathways is the common tendency of street development by the local authority where the quality of urban streets is rarely investigated. In most research, walking preferences are measured via a quantitative method by addressing street comfort, traffic, and size rather than the urban design qualities of the street, i.e. a qualitative approach. Hence, the project aims to identify the user preferences for walking in the Zindabazar area, a commercial street of Sylhet considering the urban designs qualities like enclosure, legibility, human scale, transparency, complexity, coherence, linkage, and imageability. Therefore, this research applied a questionnaire survey, conducted to analyse the relation between walking preferences and urban design qualities of the commercial street. After collecting Likert scale data, Linear and multiple regression models were used to analyse it. Regression analysis was conducted to identify the relation between urban design qualities and user preferences for walking on the proposed street. The research identified that walking preferences of user are not significantly associated with all the factors of urban design qualities except legibility, transparency, and human scale. The research will help identify the poor and significant urban qualities of the street(s) which need to be modified to improve user preferences.

The historical telegraphic towers from Madrid to Valencia: from knowledge to preservation and enhancement

ABSTRACT The optical telegraphic system was introduced in Spain in 1844. In fact, more than a hundred towers were built to connect Madrid to Irún, Valencia and the Andalusia. Decommissioned at the end of the nineteenth century, despite their historical value, the towers are today abandoned with a high level of material and functional obsolescence, waiting for a new utilization. In light of the above-mentioned aspects, the research aims at the identification, cataloguing and qualification of the telegraphic towers located on the pathway from Madrid to Valencia in order to propose a large-scale territorial project for their preservation and enhancement. In particular, the paper is going to describe, first, a historical and morphological evolution of the telegraphic towers. Second, a methodology for qualification of the architectural, material, constructive and functional characteristics of the towers is reported, with a specific reference to the given case study of the telegraphic paths between Madrid and Valencia. Finally, a redevelopment scenario is proposed for the restoration of the towers as well as for their integration in a cycling and pedestrian naturalistic pathway.

The death and life of Australian suburbs: Relationships between social activity and the physical qualities of Australian suburban neighbourhood centres

This paper reports on research into social activity in commercial/retail centres in Australian low-density suburbs. While low-density suburbs have been criticised for declining vitality and sociability, some commercial/retail precincts still thrive there. This study sought to determine the relationship between the physical qualities of the built environment and social activity in such thriving suburban neighbourhood centres. Three areas in Geelong, Victoria, were studied as representative of three common forms of Australian suburban commercial/retail centre. First, behavioural observations identified which of the three centres was the most vital and sociable. Next, semi-structured interviews with users of that centre who resided in its containing suburb explored perceptions of the environment to identify the physical features that contributed to its social affordances. The findings suggest that diversity of uses is key to the vibrancy of commercial centres. Walkability, perceptions of safety and physical qualities such as landscaping, good pedestrian pathways and pavement dining were also found to contribute to vitality. Importantly, it appears that in neighbourhoods with high transient populations, residents do not associate these types of socially active environments with sense of community. • This study focuses on identifying the physical features that contributes to the social affordances of commercial streets. • The findings suggest that diversity of uses is key to commercial streets' vibrancy. • Walkability, perceptions of safety and physical qualities were also found to contribute to vitality of commercial streets.

Diseminasi produk paving blok berpori dan disain infrastruktur pejalan kaki anak di SLB Kreasi Mandiri

The dissemination product of technology is a continuing research result previously in related to the design prototype of child pedestrian pathway with building block concept. Material developed is the porous paving block. The aim of this paper is to describe and evaluate the dissemination product of technology of the porous paving block and the child pedestrian pathway design. The school area which is used by students and children need safety, comfortable and creative access as well as understanding the use of product porous paving block. The area of school for special needs Kreasi Mandiri does not have access with pavement yet and the school less understanding of suitable material for access of student’s activity. The community service team have constructed the porous paving block with design for children pedestrian as user. The result shows that area of dissemination has been used for pedestrian access and school activity such as sport. Outdoor activity has been the priority for school during pandemic era. Therefore, the dissemination has supported school activity. In the future the community service can be continued by the school with the program in improving school infrastructure through school environment development program.

A Mesoamerican Urban Road Network: An Analysis of Pedestrian Pathways of Angamuco, Michoacán

This article examines the urban layout and development of the ancient city of Angamuco (AD 250–1530)—a populated urban center located within the core area of the Purépecha Empire in Michoacán, Mexico—through the lens of its complex road network. Image and network analysis of lidar datasets revealed more than 3,000 roads distributed throughout the site, identified the main patterns of road arrangement, and documented variable accessibility within the city. After presenting a summary of these results, I propose that road networks are fundamental components of urban centers that can help reveal social configurations, local interactions, and models of governance. The study of the road network at the site of Angamuco suggests that this city developed organically without the strong influence of political hierarchy a few centuries prior to the formation of the Purépecha Empire. Angamuco inhabitants organized and negotiated space and settlement within their immediate community and had access to virtually all areas of the city.

Impact of boundary conditions in a microclimate model on mitigation strategies affecting temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed in a Mediterranean city

This paper investigates several mitigation strategies to detect which has the biggest effect on thermal comfort parameters, namely temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed in a neighborhood in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. The strategies include changing the ground surface albedo, replacing old buildings with new ones, and adding vegetation. The simulations, conducted on ENVI-met V4 software, were run on the 20th of January and August representing the two major seasons in the country, winter and summer, respectively. The simulations were carried out on a 200 x 200 x 46-m domain at a resolution of 2 m, which permits the study of small-scale interfaces between buildings, surfaces, and vegetation. The paper then represents various types of lateral boundary conditions (LBC) and illustrates the effects of expanding the area of buildings surrounding the field of interest. The present study will allow urban planners to determine the policies required to ameliorate the urban living environment in cities like Beirut. The simulation exhibits that the greatest impact on thermal comfort parameters is vegetation. It was eminent that the occupancy of vegetation is the most effective mitigation strategy given its capability of enhancing the thermal comfort conditions at the pedestrian's pathway sidewalks. The maximum decrease in air temperature was 2.4 °C at 17:00 on August 20th, while the maximum decrease in the mean radiant temperature was 10.5 °C at 12 at noon on the 20th of August.

Evaluasi Aspek Desain Jalan Pada Jalur Pedestrian Di Jalan Lingkar Luar Kebun Raya Bogor

Bogor population density is 1.030.720 people, with the highest density district is Central Bogor (12.758 population/km2). Many centers of activity have resulted high population mobility. For that, adequate facilities and infrastructure is required to meet the needs of pedestrian mobility, as known as pedestrian way. To realize the effectiveness and avoidance of accident risk, good street design is a must in the pedestrian way design as public facility. Therefore, evaluation of street design aspect on pedestrian way at Bogor Botanical Garden ringroad is needed to study the quality of the walkability. Using the Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index (PEQI) method, the effectiveness of the pedestrian pathway will be assessed to create safe and appropriate pedestrian way. From the results of the evaluation of 46 subsegments, there are 10 subsegments classified as I (very high), 18 as class II (high), 8 as class III (average), and 10 as class IV (minimum). Overall, the pedestrian way of Bogor Botanical Garden Outer Ringroad has final score of 65.56 which categorized as class II (high). The design recommendations have the concept of active living with improving the public health through increased physical activity.

Analisis Kualitas Jalur Pedestrian Di Koridor Jalan Pb Sudirman Kecamatan Pare Kabupaten Kediri

Pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users compared to other road users. To create a pleasant walking environment, we need an environment that can provide security for pedestrians. One of the busy pedestrian lanes is the PB Sudirman Corridor area, Pare District which is a commercial area in Kediri Regency. The purpose of this study is to see how safe a path for micro scale pedestrians can then be used as input in the process of improving lane design. The method used in this study is the Pedestrian Environmental Quality Index (PEQI) method that assesses the quality of pedestrian pathways with five variables namely crossing safety; traffic; pedestrian track design; land use; and Safety and walkability variables. The results showed that the quality of pedestrian lanes in PB Sudirman Road Corridor Area has an inadequate quality average at the intersection and only has basic facilities for pedestrians on the lane, so efforts are needed to improve the quality of pedestrian lanes.

Design Concept for Child Pedestrian-Friendly Prototype

Pedestrians as active transportation require adequate facility including child pedestrian pathways. Children as the pedestrian is a vulnerable user to an accident due to their active movement to play during their trip along the pedestrian pathway. Child pedestrian movement could lead to a crash with other users such as other pedestrians, cycles, motorcycles, and cars. Design concept and planning for child pedestrian pathway prototype is considering active child movement and object used in playing. Proper design and construction are crucial for child pedestrians in the potential area with a massive number of pedestrian and street users. This research aims to establish a concept for child pedestrian-friendly prototype. Methods use is a mixed-method including literature study and field study. The result shows that the area for child pedestrian prototype is divided into two main areas namely pedestrian area and playing area. The pedestrian area requires proper space for the child pedestrian flow movement. Playing an area requires space for a child to play for a limited time during walking time. Further research is a must to include child pedestrian main areas in the pedestrian standard.