1. Bike Trail
The transportation planning and engineering community has recently been attempting to provide analysis and design methods to help create more "livable" streets and roadway environments. A method is needed to objectively quantify pedestrians' perception of safety and comfort in the roadside environment. ... Essentially it would provide a measure of pedestrian level of service within a roadway environment. ... Furthermore, the measure can be used to evaluate traffic calming strategies and streetscape designs for their effectiveness in improving the pedestrian environment. ...
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