Pedestrian Crossings: Design Recommendations Do Not Reflect Users’ Experiences in a Car-Dominated Environment in Auckland, New Zealand

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aut.relation.articlenumber104169
aut.relation.endpage104169
aut.relation.journalTransportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
aut.relation.startpage104169
aut.relation.volume187
dc.contributor.authorBozovic, T
dc.contributor.authorHinckson, E
dc.contributor.authorSmith, M
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-06T03:02:46Z
dc.date.available2024-08-06T03:02:46Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-01
dc.description.abstractPedestrian crossings are a staple of city design and a key feature both in terms of risk of road trauma and impacts on pedestrian experience. In car-dominated environments, the challenge is in retrofitting existing infrastructure to enable and encourage walking. It is unclear what diverse people might find difficult and to what extent existing design recommendations identify those needs. This study aims to provide a real-world perspective on local design guidelines and the Healthy Streets metrics, by triangulating them with objective measures of the built environment and users’ perceptions of unfeasibility or difficulty. The study builds on previous research having identified non-signalised crossing points experienced by interview participants (half of whom were disabled) as barriers to access. These non-walkable crossings are characterised objectively, using a range of potentially relevant metrics and specific thresholds. The study then sought the simplest way to describe those crossings, identifying the importance of three metrics: (a) peak-hour traffic; (b) complexity; and (c) turning radii for traffic. The results also identified important gaps in local design guidelines and Healthy Streets metrics, which are currently not set up to enable cities to easily identify these difficult crossings. These findings are important because they can be used to identify crossings that are likely to cause difficulties walking and should be retrofitted to support walking. They also provide indications of complementary information needed to improve local guidelines and Healthy Streets metrics to enable them to support proactive retrofit.
dc.identifier.citationTransportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, ISSN: 0965-8564 (Print), Elsevier BV, 187, 104169-104169. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2024.104169
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.tra.2024.104169
dc.identifier.issn0965-8564
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/17852
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856424002179
dc.rights© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject3509 Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chains
dc.subject33 Built Environment and Design
dc.subject35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
dc.subject3304 Urban and Regional Planning
dc.subjectClinical Research
dc.subject1205 Urban and Regional Planning
dc.subject1507 Transportation and Freight Services
dc.subjectLogistics & Transportation
dc.subject3304 Urban and regional planning
dc.subject3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains
dc.titlePedestrian Crossings: Design Recommendations Do Not Reflect Users’ Experiences in a Car-Dominated Environment in Auckland, New Zealand
dc.typeJournal Article
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