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http://dx.doi.org/10.7470/jkst.2015.33.1.50

A Study on Pedestrian Accessibility Considering Social Path  

Choi, Sung Taek (Research Institute of Science and Technology, Hongik University)
Lee, Hyang Sook (Graduate School of Logistics, Incheon National University)
Choo, Sang Ho (Department of Urban Design & Planning, Hongik University)
Kim, Su Jae (Department of Urban Design & Planning, Hongik University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Transportation / v.33, no.1, 2015 , pp. 50-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
Pedestrians not only walk along roads, but also pass through buildings or across open spaces. This study defines these unusual walk routes as social path. Social path is an informal pedestrian route that is not considered in a pedestrian network, even though it should be regarded as pedestrian route considering the fact that many people actually use this path. In response, current study related to travel behavior cannot evaluate properly due to lack of consideration for realistic travel behavior such as social path. In order to deal with this situation, this study analyzes the effect of social path at two complex centers in Seoul. Evaluation indices are service area analysis and urban network analysis which is one of the spatial network analysis. In particular, we subdivide the network into three steps by the level of network building and analyze each step. As a result, it is revealed that step three which includes social path shows the greatest improvement in pedestrian accessibility. In this regard, we confirm that social path should be considered when evaluating pedestrian accessibility in further studies. Furthermore, a lot of undervalued facilities will be re-appraised in the field of travel behavior.
Keywords
pedestrian accessibility; pedestrian network; service area analysis; social path; urban network analysis;
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