Pedestrian route choice by elementary school students: the role of street network configuration and pedestrian quality attributes in walking to school
Pedestrian route choice by elementary school students: the role of street network configuration and pedestrian quality attributes in walking to school
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DOI：
10.1080/21650349.2015.1123120
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发表时间：
2016-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Ayse Ozbil;G. Argin;Demet Yesiltepe
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作者：
Ayse Ozbil;G. Argin;Demet Yesiltepe
摘要本研究探讨了在何种程度上，街道网络配置与行人的路径选择。其目的是更好地了解街道网络的空间布局如何影响行人路径选择行为，控制行人质量属性。从土耳其伊斯坦布尔的15所小学中随机选择6、7、8年级学生（年龄12-14岁），要求他们画出从家到学校的步行路线。初步研究结果表明，当所有区域合并为一个集合时，全局选择（衡量街道段位于连接所有起点和目的地对的最短路径之间的程度）和度量到达（衡量步行范围内可到达的街道长度）与路线选择以及到学校的距离，人行道宽度，行人的分布以及非住宅用地的数量。然而，方向范围，衡量街道弯曲或对齐的程度，似乎是一个很强的相关性的路线选择在分析个别地区。从设计政策的角度来看，设计连接更好的街道网络，减少家庭和学校之间的方向距离，可能会支持导航选择和步行行为。
Abstract This study examines the extent to which street network configuration is associated with path selection by pedestrians. The aim is to better understand how the spatial layout of the street network affects pedestrian route choice behavior, controlling for pedestrian quality attributes. Randomly selected 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students (ages 12–14) from 15 elementary schools in Istanbul, Turkey were asked to draw their routes walking between home and school. Preliminary findings suggest that when all areas are merged into a single set, global choice, which measures the degree to which a street segment is located in between the shortest paths connecting all pairs of origins and destinations, and metric reach, which measures the street length that is accessible within a walking range, are significantly associated with route selection jointly with the distance to school, sidewalk width, distribution of pedestrians as well as the number of non-residential land-uses. However, directional reach, which measures the extent to which streets are sinuous or aligned, appears to be a strong correlate of route selection in the analysis of individual areas. From a design policy point of view, designing better connected street networks with reduced directional distance between home and school might serve as supporting navigation choices and walking behavior.