Pedestrian walking speed at un-signalized midblock crosswalk and its impact on urban street segment performance

作     者：Albert Forde Janice Daniel Albert Forde;Janice Daniel

作者机构：Division of Statewide PlanningNew Jersey Department of TransportationTrentonNJ 08625USA Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewarkNJ 07102USA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering(English Edition)》 (交通运输工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第8卷第1期

页      面：57-69页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 082303[工学-交通运输规划与管理] 082302[工学-交通信息工程及控制] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

基　　金：Thank you to Ravi Jagirdar and Yuanyuan Fan for their support in this research 

主　　题：Midblock Pedestrian Walking speed HCM Urban Street 

摘      要：The Urban Street Segment Chapter of the Highway Capacity Manual(HCM)includes a methodology for evaluating the level of service urban street segments provide to automobile *** methodology does not account for pedestrian activity at un-signalized midblock crosswalk on an urban street *** activity at un-signalized midblock crosswalk on urban street segments causes friction conditions between automobiles and *** a consequence,the average time it takes vehicles to travel along the segment is *** segment running time decreases both the travel speed of automobiles and the level of service provided to automobile *** is an inverse relationship between the delay incurred by interrupted vehicles and the speeds at which pedestrians walk while crossing at *** account for this delay,there is a need to investigate pedestrian walking speeds at un-signalized midblock *** study measured pedestrian walking speeds by age-group at two un-signalized midblock crosswalks on urban street *** first objective of this paper is to perform statistical analyses to examine the measured free-flow pedestrian walking *** second objective is to demonstrate how the findings of this study can be incorporated into the Urban Street Segment Analysis Chapter of the *** walking speeds were recorded and analyzed for 2937 *** results show teenagers walk at an average speed of 1.45 m/s,young adults walk at an average speed of 1.55 m/s,middle age pedestrians walk at a speed of 1.45 m/s,older pedestrians walk at speed of 1.09 m/s,and elderly or physically disabled pedestrians walk at a speed of 1.04 m/s.