Pedestrians Mobility on Public Sidewalks Evaluated by the IAAPE Method

作     者：Karla Conceicao Pereira Alcindo Neckel Henrique Aniceto Kujawa Mauricio Kunz Grace Cardoso Lauro André Ribeiro Caliane Christie Oliveira de Almeida Silva Pamela Gnoatto Paola Pol Saraiva Juliana Frighetto Tales Goncalves Visentin 

作者机构：School of Architecture and Urbanism of Faculdade Meridional (IMED) Group of Studies and Research on Urban Mobility (NEPMOUR) Passo Fundo/RS. CEP: 99070-220 Brazil School of Psychologyof Faculdade Meridional (IMED) Group of Studies and Research on Urban Mobility (NEPMOUR) Passo Fundo/RS. CEP: 99070-220 Brazil 

出 版 物：《Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture》 (土木工程与建筑（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第11卷第8期

页      面：789-799页

学科分类：0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 08[工学] 081001[工学-通信与信息系统] 0814[工学-土木工程] 082301[工学-道路与铁道工程] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

主　　题：Walkability mobility public sidewalks IAAPE life quality. 

摘      要：This research aims to evaluate walkability as a strategy of urban mobility in relation to physical characteristics of accessibility and attractiveness from public sidewalks characteristics in the city of Passo Fundo/RS-Brazil using the IAAPE （indicators of attraction and pedestrian accessibility） method. The concept of walkability corresponds to the simple act of walking in a pleasant way along the footpaths. Therefore, the IAAPE method was used, which considers aspects of connectivity, comfort, conviviality, coexistence, convenience, clarity and commitment in relation to the space evaluated. In this study, 40 adults, elderly, pregnant and wheelchair subjects were interviewed for evaluating the importance criteria on public sidewalks for a given type of user. In general, reduced sidewalk dimensions and obstacle presence are the main displacement hurdles in most of the cases analyzed. Thus, improvements are needed to avoid stress situations that arise from daily routine, to encourage physical activities, accessibility, and the emergence of meeting and leisure points.