An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma Town
Pedestrian infrastructures are a critical part of the sustainable transportation system of a city across the world. The key risks to pedestrians are well documented, including infrastructure in terms of the lack of dedicated pedestrian facilities, such as sidewalks, crossings, and raised medians. T...
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Centre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, Poland
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Pedestrian infrastructures are a critical part of the sustainable transportation system of a city across the world. The key risks to pedestrians are well documented, including infrastructure in terms of the lack of dedicated pedestrian facilities, such as sidewalks, crossings, and raised medians. This paper aimed to assess pedestrian infrastructures of the road transport system in Jimma city. The P-index (Pedestrian-index) method was used to evaluate pedestrian infrastructures, computed with the formula containing the four pedestrian indicators: mobility, safety, pedestrian facility, and accessibility indicator. For this method, sixteen road segments were selected. The result of the mobility indicator shows that the star rating obtained was two stars, which means impaired mobility for the pedestrian. For safety, a 1-star of star-rating was obtained, indicating that the road segments were very unsafe. For the facility indicator, the star-rating value was 2-star which shows inadequate pedestrian facility. For the accessibility indicator, two star-rating was obtained, meaning there was poor accessibility to land uses by walking. Overall P-index value has got a 2-star rating that, which indicates that the existing roads were unfavorable to a pedestrian walking.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d96ceebb0aa4c7db091e140a13114a72023-02-03T04:29:40ZengCentre of Sociological Research, Szczecin, PolandJournal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics2520-29792022-11-017210.14254/jsdtl.2022.7-2.3An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma TownTarekegn Reta Mesfin0Tolossa Jote Denbi1Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Assosa University, Assosa, 5220, EthiopiaDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Assosa University, Assosa, 5220, Ethiopia Pedestrian infrastructures are a critical part of the sustainable transportation system of a city across the world. The key risks to pedestrians are well documented, including infrastructure in terms of the lack of dedicated pedestrian facilities, such as sidewalks, crossings, and raised medians. This paper aimed to assess pedestrian infrastructures of the road transport system in Jimma city. The P-index (Pedestrian-index) method was used to evaluate pedestrian infrastructures, computed with the formula containing the four pedestrian indicators: mobility, safety, pedestrian facility, and accessibility indicator. For this method, sixteen road segments were selected. The result of the mobility indicator shows that the star rating obtained was two stars, which means impaired mobility for the pedestrian. For safety, a 1-star of star-rating was obtained, indicating that the road segments were very unsafe. For the facility indicator, the star-rating value was 2-star which shows inadequate pedestrian facility. For the accessibility indicator, two star-rating was obtained, meaning there was poor accessibility to land uses by walking. Overall P-index value has got a 2-star rating that, which indicates that the existing roads were unfavorable to a pedestrian walking. https://jsdtl.sciview.net/index.php/jsdtl/article/view/150infrastructurespedestrianP-indexstar-rating |
| spellingShingle | Tarekegn Reta Mesfin Tolossa Jote Denbi An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma Town Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics infrastructures pedestrian P-index star-rating |
| title | An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma Town |
| title_full | An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma Town |
| title_fullStr | An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma Town |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma Town |
| title_short | An Assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport: A case study of Jimma Town |
| title_sort | assessment of pedestrian infrastructures of road transport a case study of jimma town |
| topic | infrastructures pedestrian P-index star-rating |
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