FACTORS AFFECTING THE CITIZEN’S TRENDS TO USE THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES IN IRAN

Ali Soltani () and Samaneh Mozayeni ()
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Ali Soltani: Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Shiraz University, Iran
Samaneh Mozayeni: Department of Urban Planning, McMaster Univrersity, Canada

Management Research and Practice, 2013, vol. 5, issue 4, 5-18

Abstract: Pedestrian bridges eliminate all conflicts with traffic on the road below. They would sound to be the great solution for getting pedestrians across the street. But do they constantly work well? The primary goal of this study was to determine the trends of the pedestrians as they made use of these bridges. Ten pedestrian bridges in Tehran and Shiraz, two major cities of Iran, were chosen for observation of their rate of use by pedestrians. A survey was conducted among 200 pedestrians including those who used the bridges, and those who chose instead to risk traffic and cross the street under the bridge. The respondents’ perception about the safety of crossing the road was inversely related to the respondents’ bridge use. Other factors positively influencing bridge use included time of day, density of people under the bridge, and previous involvement in a traffic accident.

Keywords: Pedestrian bridge; Pedestrian safety; Traffic injury; Habit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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