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http://dx.doi.org/10.7470/jkst.2012.30.3.007

Improvement of Analysis Method for Pedestrian LOS on Sidewalk in Seoul  

Lee, Shin-Hae (Department of Transportation System Research, Seoul Development Institute)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.30, no.3, 2012 , pp. 7-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
Korean Highway Capacity Manual (KHCM) has been used when we analyze the pedestrian Level of Service (LOS) of a pedestrian facility. However, the pedestrian LOS by KHCM is largely insensitive to pedestrian congestion levels. The objective of this study is to identify the source of this problem within the KHCM calculation method, and to propose an improved method using the case study from Seoul. Based on KHCM results, the pedestrian LOS is A for more than 90% of the Seoul region, which seems to be unrealistic. On the other hand, this study includes an effective adjustment parameter using the absolute value of effective sidewalk width. Using this method, results shows some changes including newly identified areas of LOS C and LOS D. The analysis of pedestrian LOS is carried out for the entire metropolitan region of Seoul in order to evaluate area wide pedestrian level of service in Seoul.
Keywords
Sidewalk; Pedestrian LOS; Effective sidewalk width; Pedestrian volume survey; Pedestrian unit flow rate;
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