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Evaluation of walkability and mobility requirements of visually impaired people in urban spaces
Research in Transportation Business & Management ( IF 4.286 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-31 , DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2020.100592
Tiziana Campisi , Matteo Ignaccolo , Giuseppe Inturri , Giovanni Tesoriere , Vincenza Torrisi

The objective of this work is to evaluate the walkability of urban environments from the perspective of visually impaired people, developing a qualitative analysis based on Commented Paths Method (CPM) to derive subjective evaluations from the practical experience of specific paths. Multiple-choice questions, in applying Likert scale were used to assess physical characteristics (e.g. slope surface, sidewalk width) related to infrastructural elements of the analyzed path and their influence in the difficulty of movement, as well as interferences (e.g. need to stop, help from other people) and feelings (e.g. anxiety, tiredness) experimented along it. The elaboration of single judgments allowed the calculation of disaggregated and global Walkability Indices and the elaboration of associated thematic maps, as an innovative integration of the method, to highlight the critical aspects related to each stretch in which the path was divided.

Results deriving by the implementation of a case study in the city of Enna (Italy) have revealed a greater weight to infrastructural criticalities with respect to perceived interferences, demonstrating coherence with the current situation of the analyzed area and increasing the study's validity. The research moves towards more inclusive public policies, capturing the subjective point of view of this specific target of users with visual disabilities, which is fundamental in the construction of the knowledge and crucial to improved walkability for all.



中文翻译:

城市空间中视障人士的步行性和移动性需求评估

这项工作的目的是从视障人士的角度评估城市环境的可步行性,开发基于评论路径法 (CPM) 的定性分析,以从特定路径的实践经验中得出主观评价。多项选择题,在应用李克特量表时用于评估与分析路径的基础设施元素相关的物理特性(例如坡面、人行道宽度)及其对移动难度的影响以及干扰(例如需要停止、其他人的帮助)和感受(例如焦虑、疲倦)。单一判断的详细说明允许计算分解的和全球的可步行性指数以及详细说明相关的专题地图,作为该方法的创新整合,

通过在恩纳市(意大利)实施案例研究得出的结果表明,在感知干扰方面,基础设施的关键性具有更大的权重,证明与分析区域的当前情况一致,并提高了研究的有效性。研究转向更具包容性的公共政策,捕捉视觉障碍用户这一特定目标的主观观点,这是知识构建的基础,对提高所有人的步行能力至关重要。

更新日期:2020-12-31
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