Pedestrian and cyclists sharing facilities in Singapore
Singapore is a small, densely populated, and highly urbanised island city-state. More than 12% of the available land in the nation is dedicated to transport facilities. An elevated percentage compared with the 14% land use dedicated to housing. Pedestrians and cyclists commonly share transport facil...
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| author | Rojas Lopez, Maria Cecilia Wong, Yiik Diew |
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| description | Singapore is a small, densely populated, and highly urbanised island city-state. More than 12% of the available land in the nation is dedicated to transport facilities. An elevated percentage compared with the 14% land use dedicated to housing. Pedestrians and cyclists commonly share transport facilities necessitated by the limited land space. From a relatively low base of 1-2% cycling as a main transport mode and moderated walking rates, active mobility (walking and cycling) is now increasing in popularity. Thus, “shared facilities” need to be comprehensively planned. Comfort, accessibility, and safety of users need to be carefully considered. This study summarises planning and spatial characteristics of shared facilities in Singapore. Perception surveys were employed to explore the impact of different characteristics of shared facilities on: (1) users’ travel behaviour; (2) attitudes towards walking and cycling; and (3) active mobility demand. Users of different demographics were surveyed. The relationship between pedestrians and cyclists travelling requirements/needs and actual shared facilities operating conditions is established. Providing impetus to establish planning and management standards for such facilities. Transport schemes and policies to increase active mobility demand, especially cycling, while maximising aforementioned factors (comfort, accessibility, and safety), are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/848172019-12-10T14:51:22Z Pedestrian and cyclists sharing facilities in Singapore Rojas Lopez, Maria Cecilia Wong, Yiik Diew School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Proceeding of International Velo-City 2017 Conference: The Freedom of Cycling Centre for Infrastructure Systems Shared spaces Cycle Singapore is a small, densely populated, and highly urbanised island city-state. More than 12% of the available land in the nation is dedicated to transport facilities. An elevated percentage compared with the 14% land use dedicated to housing. Pedestrians and cyclists commonly share transport facilities necessitated by the limited land space. From a relatively low base of 1-2% cycling as a main transport mode and moderated walking rates, active mobility (walking and cycling) is now increasing in popularity. Thus, “shared facilities” need to be comprehensively planned. Comfort, accessibility, and safety of users need to be carefully considered. This study summarises planning and spatial characteristics of shared facilities in Singapore. Perception surveys were employed to explore the impact of different characteristics of shared facilities on: (1) users’ travel behaviour; (2) attitudes towards walking and cycling; and (3) active mobility demand. Users of different demographics were surveyed. The relationship between pedestrians and cyclists travelling requirements/needs and actual shared facilities operating conditions is established. Providing impetus to establish planning and management standards for such facilities. Transport schemes and policies to increase active mobility demand, especially cycling, while maximising aforementioned factors (comfort, accessibility, and safety), are discussed. MOE (Min. of Education, S’pore) Published version 2017-08-17T03:25:20Z 2019-12-06T15:51:33Z 2017-08-17T03:25:20Z 2019-12-06T15:51:33Z 2017 Conference Paper Rojas Lopez, M. C., & Wong Y. D. (2017). Pedestrian and cyclists sharing facilities in Singapore. Proceeding of International Velo-City 2017 Conference: The Freedom of Cycling. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84817 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43600 https://ecf.com/sites/ecf.com/files/MariaCeciliaRojasLopez_PedestriansAndCyclistsSharingFacilitiesInSingapore_0.pdf en © 2017 The author(s). This paper was published in Proceeding of International Velo-City 2017 Conference: The Freedom of Cycling. The presented slides is available at: [https://ecf.com/sites/ecf.com/files/MariaCeciliaRojasLopez_PedestriansAndCyclistsSharingFacilitiesInSingapore_0.pdf]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. 14 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Pedestrian and cyclists sharing facilities in Singapore |
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| title_short | Pedestrian and cyclists sharing facilities in Singapore |
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