Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Effects of Site Design on Pedestrian Travel in Mixed-Use, Medium-Density Environments
This project demonstrates that pedestrian volumes are related to site design. A quasi-experimental method was used to study 12 neighborhood sites with commercial centers in the Puget Sound region. The sites selected were controlled for four basic variables that previous research has identified as factors that affect pedestrian trip volumes. These variables were as follows: population density (the higher the density the larger the potential 'market' of pedestrians); income (the higher the income, the easier the access to an automobile, which acts as a disincentive to walk); land-use type and mix (defining appropriate origin and destination of the pedestrian trip); a one-half-mile radius area within which all of the above variables are spatially contained (this distance, which defines an area of approximately 500 acres, is appropriate for pedestrian travel). Under these controlled conditions, all the 12 sites were selected for their high potential to support pedestrian travel. Each site had a gross residential density of 10 people to the acre or greater and contained all of the retail facilities necessary for daily living. In other words, each site had a concentration of commercial land uses that defines a neighborhood commercial center, as well as an average of 6,000 people living in apartments and single houses within a one-half-mile radius of the center. In all 12 sites, approximately half of the dwelling units were located within a third of a mile of the neighborhood center.
Effects of Site Design on Pedestrian Travel in Mixed-Use, Medium-Density Environments
This project demonstrates that pedestrian volumes are related to site design. A quasi-experimental method was used to study 12 neighborhood sites with commercial centers in the Puget Sound region. The sites selected were controlled for four basic variables that previous research has identified as factors that affect pedestrian trip volumes. These variables were as follows: population density (the higher the density the larger the potential 'market' of pedestrians); income (the higher the income, the easier the access to an automobile, which acts as a disincentive to walk); land-use type and mix (defining appropriate origin and destination of the pedestrian trip); a one-half-mile radius area within which all of the above variables are spatially contained (this distance, which defines an area of approximately 500 acres, is appropriate for pedestrian travel). Under these controlled conditions, all the 12 sites were selected for their high potential to support pedestrian travel. Each site had a gross residential density of 10 people to the acre or greater and contained all of the retail facilities necessary for daily living. In other words, each site had a concentration of commercial land uses that defines a neighborhood commercial center, as well as an average of 6,000 people living in apartments and single houses within a one-half-mile radius of the center. In all 12 sites, approximately half of the dwelling units were located within a third of a mile of the neighborhood center.
Effects of Site Design on Pedestrian Travel in Mixed-Use, Medium-Density Environments
A. V. Moudon (Autor:in) / P. Hess (Autor:in) / M. C. Snyder (Autor:in) / K. Stanilov (Autor:in)
1997
172 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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