Modeling pedestrian walking speeds on sidewalks

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-219

  Al Azzawi, Marwan ^a   Raeside, Robert ^b  

^a Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pedestrians; Predictions; Regression models; Traffic speed; Urban areas; Walkways

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOTBRIDGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEED; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

PEDESTRIANS; REGRESSION MODELS; SIDEWALKS; TRAFFIC SPEED; VIDEO SURVEYS;

URBAN PLANNING;

MODELING; PEDESTRIAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548189795     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2007)133:3(211)     Document Type: Article

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