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A Study on the Safety and Comfort of Pedestrians according to the Type of Sidewalk Pavement

보도포장의 종류에 따른 보행자의 안전성 및 쾌적감에 대한 연구

  • Choi, Jae Jin (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kongju National University)
  • 최재진 (공주대학교 건설환경공학부)
  • Received : 2014.11.21
  • Accepted : 2015.01.02
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

Safety, resilience and comfort of pedestrian were assessed by the British Pendulum Test and SB/GB factor test at 8 kinds of sidewalk pavement. Sidewalk paving materials were normal concrete, porous concrete, concrete block, soil concrete, asphalt, rubber chip/resin mixture, wood chip/resin mixture and floor tile. In addition, a survey was conducted to investigate the perception of pedestrians on the sidewalk paving material. As a result, while the skid resistance value was measured in the most 60BPN above, the floor tile showed a low value of about 30BPN. The ratios of SB factor to GB factor of the elastic pavements(rubber/resin mixture and wood chip/resin mixture) appeared to be relatively large when compared with those of the conventional sidewalks. The survey showed that respondents perceived as more safe and comfortable elastic pavements compared to conventional pavements. Approximately 50% of respondents answered that hardened soil pavement was the most environmentally friendly.

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