Hino, Yasuo

Nakamura, Aya

Uchida, Takashi

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Mem. Fac. Eng., Osaka City Univ., Vol. 43, pp.91-95 (2002)
An Analysis of a Relationship between Walking Conditions and Access Trip Behavior
Aya NAKAMURA*, Takashi UCHIDA*** and Yasuo HINO**
(Received September 30th, 2002)
I.Synopsis
Nowadays a normalization movement is active for enhancing mobility of the old and handicapped people.
For this reason, the road is needed to be safe and comfortable for everybody. Especially, improvement of
walking space is critically important because walking is a foundation of mobility. However, it is common
that spaces for pedestrians and cars are not separated. Therefore, pedestrians and cyclists might choose safer
and more comfortable routes even though their distance is longer. This paper aims to clear the factors to
affect route choice such as danger and uncomforte and grasp an influence of walking facility conditions to a
choice of route and travel mode.
KEY WORDS: pedestrians and cyclists, route choice, mode choice
2.Introduction
This study handed out questionnaires for pedestrians and cyclists around the stations due to grasp people's
behavior and analyze a degree of influence to it. On choice of a course, We tried to know a relationship this
with preparation of a walking space etc. by a comparison a major course with an alternative course. In
addition, a relation experience of a change of a traffic vehicle with a degree of preparation of a walking space
etc.
3.Survey Sample
This study conducted a survey of walking space awareness on pedestrians around Sakaihigashi Station (city
center) and Izumigaoka Station (Newtown). A collection result of a questionnaire is in Table-I. We
distributed the paper to pedestrians in answer to the traffic vehicle from their house to the station.
Table-l Sample for analyzing
Sakaihigashi Izumigaoka
Walking Bicycle Bus Total Walking Bicycle Bus Total
number of distribution 635 643 304 1582 672 398 384 1454
number of response 215 260 79 554 306 103 105 514
response rate 33.9% 40.4% 26.0% 35.0% 45.6% 25.9% 27.1% 35.4%
* Master Cou~se Student, Department of Urban Engineering
** Professor, Department of Urban Engineering
*** Associate Professor, Department of Urban Engineering
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4. Ruote Choice Factor
Figure-l shows that about half the number's reason is the shortest route and the other's reason is expect it.
And who is satisfied with a state course selects preparation conditions of a walking space etc. more than who
is not. For this reason, the shortest course doesn't bring preparation conditions of a walking space etc., or the
shortest and high preparation levels are never compatible. And who has an alternative course is about 35%,
the major reason is a preparation condition of a walking space (Figure-2). This shows that a preparation
condition of a walking space is a major factor in a choice of an alternative course.
C 1.establishment of a sidewalk
D 3.a few passers-by and low-compliicated
[J 5.no car nad safety
I!J 7.beauty of appearance
m9.no or a few traffic signals and railway crossings
C 11.the others
ID 2.width of a sidewalk and low-complicated
• 4.many passers-by and safety
o 6.enogh of lightings and safety
I!J 8.the shortest course
El 1O.markets on the streets
i:
~ Satisfaction(n=145)
.~
.c:
~ Dissatisfaction(n=40)
IV
~ Satisfaction(n=245)
:0
'E
:3 Dissatisfaction(n=37)
!:!
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Figure-l choice reason of a major course about people whose major traffic vehicle is walking
[J l.establishment of a sidewalk
o 3.a few passers-by and low-compliicated
o 5.no car nad safety
Ell 7.beauty of appearance
EJ 9.no or a few traffic signals and railway crossings
[J 11.the others
IE) 2.width of a sidewalk and low-complicated
• 4.many passers-by and safety
[J 6.enogh of lightings and safety
[] 8.the shortest course
[] 1O.markets on the streets
:c
: Walking(n=82)
:c
~ Bicycle(n=74)
en
IVg Walking(n=l 01)
bD
'E
:3 Bicycle(n=25)
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Figure-2 choice reason of an alternative course about people whose major traffic vehicle is walking
Table-2 shows that the number of a combination of choice's reason of a major course and an alternative
course. Whose reason of a choice of a major reason is the shortest course selects an alternative course in
various reasons. On the other hand, whose reason of a choice of a major reason is except the shortest course
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also selects an alternative course in except the shortest course. For this reason, pedestrians are shared two
types in a big way, that is to say, who values the time and who doesn't.
In a comparison between these areas, many people select a major and an alternative cou~se in the same
standard (diagonal elements in Table-2). This reason is thought that many courses to the station are in
Sakaihigashi, but very few in Izumigaoka.
Table-2 choice reason of major and alternative routes
hi time
Izumigaoka establish and width
walking space
Sakaihigas ternative
course
major course
establish and width of
walking space
much traffic
appearance
ternative
course
major course
much traffic
appearance
time
establish
and width of much traffic appearance
walking
space
time
In addition, in Sakaihigashi, dissatisfaction for comfort of a walking space ( Figure-3) is indicated mainly
in dissatisfaction for major course and a reason of a change of a traffic vehicle, which reflects that many
roads that width of is narrow can't deal with traffic and that poor of complicated conditions at a station
square. On the other hand, in Izumigaoka, a station square and a walking space are enough, but safety of a
walking space is indicated mainly.
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[J 1.no or narrow of walking space
o 3.many passers-by and complicated
o 5.exhaust gas and noise from cars
IlD 7.a few passers-by and anxiety
mJ 9.1ack of lightings and dangerous
(J 11.many traffic signals and railway crossings
o 2.discontinuity of walking space
• 4.a bumpy road
o 6.dirtiness and stench on roads
ID a.many cars
(] 1O.an obstacle on roads
[J 12.the others
I
i:
~ satisfied(n=137)
&
-i unsatisfied(n=41)
CI'J
CG
~ satisfie d(n=202)
CG
bD
'E
~ unsatisfied(n=39)
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% aO% 90% 100%
Figure-3 dissatisfaction of a major course about people whose major traffic vehicle is walking
5. Change of travel mode and a degree of preparation of a walking space etc.
About 30% of each all respondents have changed traffic vehicle ever (Figure-4). In change of traffic
vehicle to faster moving speed as Walking~Bus, change reason isn't related to preparation of walking space,
and in other case, change reason is related to as "narrow of walking space" and "complicated".
Especially, the people are not satisfied with bus who exchanged bus into bicycle. And the past study
indicates bus and bicycle compete with each other. For the reason, this study researched possibility of shift
from bus to bicycle, which cleared that many people think so (Table-3). Major factor of shift is, in
Sakaihigashi, "wide of walking space width and uncomplicated" and "establishment of walking space" and
in Izumigaoka, cancellation of slopes", after all bus service is more needed.
ILl non-shift
lIB Bus--+Walking
~ Sakaihigashi(n= 193)
:.i: -------~~;=g&m~(ij
3: Izumigaoka(n=293)
~ Sakaihigashi(n=211)
o
~
~ Izumigaoka(n=81 )
o Bicycle--+Walking
EJ shift from the otehrs
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Figure-4 Ratio of change of travel mode
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Table-3 Change of travel mode
moving speed shift of vehicle relevance DreDaration of facillity with factror of chanJle of vehicle
Walking--'Bus almost nothing because of difference of access distance
slow--'fast relevance with characteristic of a region road (Izumigaoka)
Walking--'Bicycle the shortest time is more important than preparation of facillity
Bus--'Walking a good point of walking is selected
fast--'slow Bicycle--'Walking a good point of walking is selected
relevance with bicycle's traveling: environment
Bicycle--'Bus bicycle's traveling environment(safety) is bad. (Sakaihigashi)
compatible bus is convenient because of characteristic of a region road (Izumigaoka)
BuS--'Bicycle Ipoor bus service
6. Conclusion
For the reason of choice of major routes, about half the number point out not shortest but preparation of a
walking space etc. Therefore, type of movement decision could be classified into two; one regards time as
important and the other doesn't. This indicates that preparation of a walking space etc is regarded as more
important than supposition and it influences behavior characteristic. Besides, for the reason of choice of
major course, shift of traffic mode is much selected and for the reason of shift of traffic vehicle, preparation
of a walking space etc is also much selected. For this reason, choices of course and traffic vehicle are
affected by preparation of facilities.
For further research, we will proceed to establish models for each behavior type, which can evaluate effects
of improvement of walking space around the stations. To achieve this goal maps on which respondents
sketch their major routes will be utilized.
Reference
Yoshida.N, H.Hino, and M.Shinwashi: An Analysis on Relationship between Evaluation of Road Network
for Pedestrians and Factors of Route Choice in the major Transport Terminal Area, Proceedings of 10th
Anniversary of the foundation of the Kansai Branch, The City Planning Institute of Japan Kansai Branch,
pp79-84,200 1,(in Japanese).
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