ABSTRACT

Pedestrian link-ways are important street facility for first-/last-mile mobility. This study compared pedestrians’ walking experiences on sheltered/unsheltered link-ways by collecting their perceived walking time/distance. It is found that, first, pedestrians (51 along sheltered and 49 along unsheltered link-ways) generally walk at a faster pace along unsheltered link-ways as compared to sheltered link-way. Second, participants are found to more likely over-perceive walking times and distances (with odds of three to one) along unsheltered link-way than sheltered link-way, and with more extreme deviations on unsheltered link-ways. Third, sheltered link-ways accrued better Level of Service (LOS) ratings on factors such as weather protection, distance, accessibility/user-friendliness, comfort, safety and level of crowdedness. The study demonstrates value-add application of cognitive bias approach for examining the walking experience, and provides human-centric indicators to justify the provision of shelters to the link-way for the benefits of pedestrian users.

摘要

行人通道是第一/最后一英里移动的重要街道设施。本研究通过收集他们感知的步行时间/距离来比较行人在有遮挡/无遮挡连接方式上的步行体验。发现，首先，与有遮蔽的连接道相比，行人（沿有遮蔽的连接道 51 人，沿无遮蔽连接道 49 人）通常沿无遮蔽连接道以更快的速度行走。其次，参与者被发现更有可能过度感知沿着无遮蔽连接路径的步行时间和距离（三比一），而不是有遮蔽连接路径，并且在无遮蔽连接路径上有更极端的偏差。第三，在天气保护、距离、可访问性/用户友好性、舒适度、安全性和拥挤程度等因素方面，受保护的链接方式获得了更好的服务水平 (LOS) 评级。