Walking freedom can define the quality of an urban area, but this freedom is conditioned by various factors. The research objective is to study pedestrian behavior on sidewalks. Data are collected during on site surveys by means of concealed camcorde...
This study analyzes changes in NOx concentrations due to the aerodynamic and dry deposition effects of roadside trees in the Jongno area, a central business district of Seoul, Republic of Korea, using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. The s...
Pedestrian infrastructures feature the spaces where every user accesses all the mobility forms: in fact, every movement begins and finishes with a walking section. For this reason, it is very important to pay more attention towards what is said &ldqu...
In Asia, sidewalks in big cities always raise controversial issues in society. Increasingly, sidewalks are rethought on their features and functions as the scholars gradually focus on the interrelationships between physical characteristics of streets...
(1) Background: Public sidewalk GIS data are essential for smart city development. We developed an automated street-level sidewalk detection method with image-processing Google Street View data. (2) Methods: Street view images were processed to produ...
This study proposes a non-contact framework for evaluating the skid resistance of shared roadside pavements to improve cyclist and pedestrian safety. By integrating a friction tester and a laser scanner, we synchronize high-resolution three-dimension...
18 January 2018
Walking is being promoted for health and transportation purposes across all climatic regions in the US and beyond. Despite this, an uncomfortable microclimate condition along sidewalks is one of the major deterrents of walking, and more empirical res...
Sidewalk delivery robots are being deployed as a form of last-mile delivery. While many such robots have been deployed on college campuses, fewer have been piloted on public sidewalks. Furthermore, there have been few observational studies of robots...
This study aimed at developing SBPCI (Sidewalk Block Pavement Condition Index) with sidewalk pavement condition survey data of Seoul city in order to attain a quantitative evaluation method of sidewalk pavement condition. The distress patterns of sid...
14 November 2020
Tripping hazards on the sidewalk cause many falls annually, and the inspection and repair of these hazards cost cities millions of dollars. Currently, there is not an efficient and cost-effective method to monitor the sidewalk to identify any possibl...
The objective of this study is to elucidate the principal determinants influencing the thermal comfort of campus sidewalks, and to discern the nexus between sidewalk planting configurations and thermal comfort. Initially, thermal environment simulati...
E-scooters have rapidly become a popular option for first- and last-mile mobility, yet their integration into urban transportation systems has raised significant safety concerns. This study investigates the feasibility of permitting E-scooter riding...
The influence of sidewalk paving materials on pedestrian safety and comfort remains an underexplored topic within the walkability literature. This pilot study aims to address this gap by evaluating the role of five surface-related attributes—ro...
Tailored routing and navigation services utilized by wheelchair users require certain information about sidewalk geometries and their attributes to execute efficiently. Except some minor regions/cities, such detailed information is not present in cur...
This study explores the relationship among three-dimensional (3D) streetscape characteristics, perceived walkability, and pedestrian sidewalk choice through a comparative analysis of two opposite sidewalks along Boulevard de la République (for...
To create an inclusive city, it is essential to have accessible pedestrian infrastructure. The accessibility of pedestrian infrastructure is ensured through the proper maintenance of sidewalks. When resources are limited, it is necessary to prioritiz...
Pedestrian-friendly cities are gaining traction worldwide. This study focused on sidewalk width and green space designs that comprise the walking environment. This study examined uniform planting patterns made without considering the width of the sid...
In Mexico, an emerging tropical nation, where cities have insufficient vegetation cover and there is little information about their provision of ecosystem services; the study of urban vegetation, as a mitigation strategy, is required. The sidewalk tr...
Temporary sidewalk disruptions caused by construction, maintenance, or other obstructions can significantly affect pedestrian mobility, particularly for those with mobility impairments. Although accessibility standards and universal design principles...
Limited research from the Global South has examined pedestrian accessibility to key destinations, particularly while considering efficient and practical sidewalk-specific conditions. This study employs a case-based approach, scrutinising walking acce...
An accurate assessment of sidewalk conditions is critical for ensuring compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), particularly to safeguard mobility for wheelchair users. This paper presents a novel 3D reconstruction framework based o...
In the 21st century, Saudi cities have witnessed a high rate of private car ownership, averaging 1.38 vehicles per family. This has significantly increased demand for parking in residential areas, leading to unregulated parking behaviors that negativ...
This study aims to develop an electrically heated sidewalk system to efficiently clear ice and snow from pedestrian walkways, ensuring safety and minimizing environmental impact during winter. While extensive research has been conducted on heated pav...
Sidewalk high-definition (HD) maps require centimetre-level representation of pedestrian barriers to support mobility assistance and barrier-free infrastructure management. This study evaluates six mobile light detection and ranging (LiDAR) platforms...
Under the growing threat of urban heat stress, street canyons play a critical role in shaping the pedestrian thermal environment. While street greenery is an effective mitigation strategy, its performance varies substantially with physical characteri...
The real-time segmentation of sidewalk environments is critical to achieving autonomous navigation for robotic wheelchairs in urban territories. A robust and real-time video semantic segmentation offers an apt solution for advanced visual perception...
Permeable pavement is commonly used for urban stormwater management and urban heat island mitigation. It has been proven that permeable pavement has such benefits; however, the clogged permeable pavement could lose its function, and there are relativ...
In smart mobility, the semantic segmentation of images is an important task for a good understanding of the environment. In recent years, many studies have been made on this subject, in the field of Autonomous Vehicles on roads. Some image datasets a...
Sidewalk autonomous delivery robots (SADRs) share sidewalks with pedestrians and may affect their perceived safety. In outdoor nighttime environments, the color of the lights on SADRs serves as a noticeable form of communication that can influence hu...
Walking is the most sustainable and socially inclusive urban travel mode, yet in many rapidly transitioning cities, obstructed and inaccessible sidewalks undermine it, and walkability assessment tools rarely tell municipalities where to act first. Th...
31 May 2019
The block walk method (BWM) is one of the more common approaches for assessing physical activity (PA) performed on sidewalks/streets; however, it is non-technical, labor-intensive, and lacks validation. This study aimed to validate the BWM and examin...
Sidewalk cleaning operations are essential to maintaining a clean and safe urban environment. Despite their vital role, these activities, particularly the blowing of road dust, can lead to the resuspension of road dust and associated pollutants, whic...
Public health and city planning are highly interconnected; however, the nexus between the urban state of buildings and sidewalks and corresponding public and urban health issues is lacking in Greece. In a case study in Athens, Greece, we evaluated un...
Green spaces are essential for urban environments, but urban expansion often results in fragmented patches and narrow pavements unsuitable for tree growth. Consequently, there is a pressing need for alternative vegetation in urban landscapes where tr...
Rice field sidewalk (RIFIS) identification plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance of agricultural computer applications, especially for rice farming, by dividing the image into areas of rice fields to be ploughed and the areas outside of r...
Autonomous navigation in urban environments demands robust real-time detection of drivable surfaces despite high-throughput LIDAR data. While majority of current approaches often rely on camera-based or multi-sensor fusion systems, this paper introdu...
The need to assess whether accessibility in urban mobility meets the required standards to provide a satisfactory experience for users is emphasized. The general objective of this research is to evaluate pedestrian accessibility in urban mobility, ta...
Continuous measurement of road surface temperature using an infrared camera throughout the summer season was conducted to clarify the duration of surface temperature decrease due to roadway watering according to weather conditions and watering time....
Digging trenches on roads, sidewalks, or banks to accommodate public demands is required for the installation of water pipelines, natural gas lines, electric cables, and optical fibers. The soils extracted from these trenches always have substantial...
Nowadays, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) has increasingly gained attractiveness to both amateur users and professionals. Using data generated from the crowd has become a hot topic for several application domains including transportation. Ho...
22 January 2021
As a mobility of future, the popularity of personal mobility vehicles (PMs) is rapidly increasing worldwide. However, this boom in the use of PMs has resulted in a substantial number of accidents involving not only PM users but also other road users...
The walkability of a neighborhood impacts public health and leads to economic and environmental benefits. The condition of sidewalks is a significant indicator of a walkable neighborhood as it supports and encourages pedestrian travel and physical ac...
Since 2018, pedestrians in many U.S. cities have been sharing sidewalk space with dockless shared e-scooters. The introduction of e-scooters has received pushback from pedestrians. Complaints reported in the media include e-scooters blocking walkways...
We 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 cre...
A neighborhood’s walkability is associated with public health, economic and environmental benefits. The state of the walking surface on sidewalks is a key factor in assessing walkability, as it promotes pedestrian movement and exercise. Yet, co...
Simulation sickness (SS) remains a challenge in virtual reality (VR) applications, especially in pedestrian safety research. This study investigates SS symptoms in VR environments, focusing on gender differences, exposure time, and user perceptions....
Finding a simple and less expensive method to assess and improve sidewalk and corridor conditions in developing countries is essential in order to motivate more people to walk. This study aimed to design and test a method that uses direct observation...
As urban environments become increasingly interconnected, the demand for precise and efficient pedestrian solutions in digitalized smart cities has grown significantly. This study introduces a scalable spatial visualization system designed to enhance...
The urban transportation system should meet the requirements of various social groups and be fair and comprehensive. In China, it is rare to see disabled people use public transportation facilities to travel. In this research, we have selected visual...
Feasible local motion planning for autonomous mobile robots in dynamic environments requires predicting how the scene evolves. Conventional navigation stakes rely on a local map to represent how a dynamic scene changes over time. However, these navig...
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