Walk Urban : Demand, Constraints, and Measurement of the Urban Pedestrian Environment

"Overall support for the pedestrian environment," or walk ability, has grown increasingly important as the world urbanizes and motorized modes threaten to displace or constrain travel on foot. This concern encompasses virtually every aspect of the pedestrian experience. Walk ability takes into account the quality of pedestrian facilities, roadway conditions, land use patterns, community support, security, and comfort for walking (Litman). Each of these facets of the pedestrian environment impacts the use of walking as a primary mode of transport. The complexity of the urban pedestrian environment naturally lends itself to micro-level analysis to locate the need for improvements; however, to gain an overview of a city, it is necessary to develop macro-level indicators that can identify the general state of the pedestrian environment. While these indicators cannot diagnose all walk ability problems, they can give a sense of how one urban area compares to another in similar circumstances and they have the potential for becoming an influential aspect of World Bank urban infrastructure diagnosis. Urban Transport indicators are being reviewed as one component of the current Transport Results Initiative which is led by the World Bank's central Transport Unit.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Montgomery, Brittany, Roberts, Peter
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-04
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, ACCIDENT RATE, AIR, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR QUALITY, AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE OWNERS, AUTOMOBILE USE, BLIND PERSON, BUS, BUS STOPS, BUSWAYS, CARS, CONGESTION, CRASH TYPES, CROSSING, CROSSINGS, CROSSWALKS, CURBS, CYCLIST, DISABILITIES, DRAINAGE, DRIVER SAFETY, DRIVERS, EFFICIENT TRAVEL, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, EUROPEAN ROAD, FATAL ACCIDENTS, FATALITY, FATALITY DATA, FATALITY RATES, FOOT TRAFFIC, FOOTBRIDGES, FOOTWAYS, FOSSIL FUELS, GOOD TRANSPORT, GRADIENTS, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, HIGHWAYS, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INJURIES, INJURY, INJURY PREVENTION, INTERSECTIONS, JOURNEY, JOURNEY TO WORK, JOURNEYS, LAND USE, LAND USE PATTERNS, LEGAL PROVISION, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, LOCAL STREETS, LOW INCOMES, LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, MANHOLE COVERS, MASS TRANSIT, MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS, MEDICAL SERVICE, MEDICAL SERVICES, MOBILITY, MODAL CHOICE, MODAL SHARE, MODAL SPLIT, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MODES OF TRANSPORT, MOTOR TRAFFIC, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORIST, MOTORIST BEHAVIOR, MOTORISTS, MOTORIZED TRANSPORT, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC, NATIONAL TRAVEL SURVEY, NEIGHBORHOODS, NMT, PAVEMENTS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS, PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS, PEDESTRIAN CRASHES, PEDESTRIAN DEATHS, PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS, PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, PEDESTRIAN FACILITY, PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES, PEDESTRIAN GROUP, PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, PEDESTRIAN INJURY, PEDESTRIAN JOURNEYS, PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, PEDESTRIAN NEEDS, PEDESTRIAN NETWORK, PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, PEDESTRIAN ROUTES, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SECURITY, PEDESTRIAN SPACE, PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANIZATION, PEDESTRIANS, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, POLICE, POLICE RECORDS, POLLUTION, PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE, PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES, PRIVATE TRANSPORT, PUBLIC PERCEPTION, PUBLIC TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, QUALITY OF PEDESTRIAN, RAPID TRANSIT, RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT, RIDERS, RIDERSHIP, RIGHT-OF-WAY, RIGHTS OF WAY, RING ROADS, ROAD, ROAD ACCIDENTS, ROAD CASUALTIES, ROAD HIERARCHY, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD REHABILITATION, ROAD SAFETY, ROAD SPACE, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROADWAY, ROUTES, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, SAFETY PROGRAMS, SAFETY SECURITY, SAFETY STREET, SHARING, SHORT TRIPS, SIDEWALK CAFES, SIDEWALKS, SIGNS, STREET LIGHTING, STREETS, SUBSIDIARY, SURVEYING, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, TRAFFIC CASUALTIES, TRAFFIC FATALITIES, TRAFFIC LAWS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRANSIT, TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, TRANSIT SERVICE, TRANSIT SYSTEM, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSIT TRIP, TRANSIT TRIPS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INDICATORS, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT NETWORKS, TRANSPORT OFFICIALS, TRANSPORT PLANNERS, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT POLICY INSTITUTE, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, TRAVEL TIME, TRAVEL TIMES, TRAVELERS, TRIP TIME, TRUST FUND, URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN PROJECTS, URBAN SERVICES, URBAN STREET, URBAN STREETS, URBAN TRAFFIC, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORT INDICATORS, URBAN TRANSPORT MODES, URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECT, URBAN TRANSPORT PROJECTS, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM, URBAN TRIPS, URBANIZATION, VEHICLE, VEHICLE CRASHES, VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, VEHICLE OPERATORS, VEHICLE SPEEDS, VEHICLES, VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, WALKERS, WALKING, WALKING ACTIVITY, WALKING DISTANCE, WALKING ENVIRONMENT, WALKING ENVIRONMENTS, WALKING IMPROVEMENTS, WALKING PATHS, WALKING TIME, WALKING TRIP, WALKING TRIPS, WORK JOURNEYS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/04/9731875/walk-urban-demand-constraints-measurement-urban-pedestrian-environment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17421
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