The Effects of Pedestrian Environments on Walking Behaviors and Perception of Pedestrian Safety

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dc.contributor.authorKweon, Byoung-Suk
dc.contributor.authorRosenblatt-Naderi, Jody
dc.contributor.authorEllis, Christopher D.
dc.contributor.authorShin, Woo-Hwa
dc.contributor.authorDanies, Blair H.
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-31T14:07:29Z
dc.date.available2023-10-31T14:07:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-05
dc.description.abstractWe investigated the effects of pedestrian environments on parents’ walking behavior, their perception of pedestrian safety, and their willingness to let their children walk to school. This study was a simulated walking environment experiment that created six different pedestrian conditions using sidewalks, landscape buffers, and street trees. We used within subjects design where participants were exposed to all six simulated conditions. Participants were 26 parents with elementary school children. Sidewalks, buffer strips, and street trees affected parents’ decisions to: walk themselves; let their children walk to school; evaluate their perception whether the simulated environment was safe for walking. We found that the design of pedestrian environments does affect people’s perceptions of pedestrian safety and their willingness to walk. The presence of a sidewalk, buffer strip, and street trees affected parents’ decision to walk, their willingness to let their children walk to school and perceived the pedestrian environment as safer for walking. The effects of trees on parents’ walking and perception of pedestrian safety are greater when there is a wide buffer rather than a narrow buffer. It was found that parents are more cautious about their children’s walking environments and safety than their own.
dc.description.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13168728
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/jusj-bvey
dc.identifier.citationKweon, B.-S.; Rosenblatt-Naderi, J.; Ellis, C.D.; Shin, W.-H.; Danies, B.H. The Effects of Pedestrian Environments on Walking Behaviors and Perception of Pedestrian Safety. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8728.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/31211
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Agriculture & Natural Resourcesen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtPlant Science & Landscape Architectureen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectpedestrian environments
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectsidewalks
dc.subjectlandscape buffers
dc.subjectstreet trees
dc.subjectcommute routes
dc.subjectactive transportation
dc.subjectwalking
dc.subjectperception of pedestrian safety
dc.titleThe Effects of Pedestrian Environments on Walking Behaviors and Perception of Pedestrian Safety
dc.typeArticle
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