A Stated Preference Survey for Evaluating Young Pedestrians’ Preferences on Walkways

Maria Grazia Bellizzi, Carmen Forciniti and Gabriella Mazzulla
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Maria Grazia Bellizzi: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Carmen Forciniti: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Gabriella Mazzulla: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-12

Abstract: For promoting pedestrian mobility, the quality levels of pedestrian paths should be increased. Many researchers suggest methodologies for determining the pedestrian level of service. Among these, some studies consider both paths’ physical characteristics and users’ perception about the walkways. Investigating users’ perceptions represents a good strategy for implementing interventions aimed at increasing the quality of service. The aim is recording pedestrians’ perceptions about the characteristics of the path and detecting the choices they would make in a hypothetical scenario. This work proposes the design of a Stated Preferences survey and the analysis of the preliminary results. A questionnaire was sent out to a sample of 240 pedestrians, prevalently students, about a walkway located in the University Campus of Rende (Italy). The collected data were analyzed by means of a discrete choice model for assessing the importance assigned by pedestrians to each aspect included in the analysis. The results showed that the environment can be considered as the most important aspect for young pedestrians, while the width of the path is not significant. The outcomes also highlighted the aspects it is necessary to change in order to make pedestrian paths increasingly attractive and to encourage users towards active mobility.

Keywords: pedestrian mobility; SP; young pedestrians’ perception; quality of pedestrian path (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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