Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang

Pedestrian safety is the primary concern in designing and managing street crossings. Crossings that are safe, easy to use and well-marked support pedestrianfriendly environments and link both sides of the street physically and visually. This study explores the problem of pedestrian situation in Pasi...

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Main Author:	Jaberolansar, Sara
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	HT101-395 Sociology Urban
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/36551/1/SaraJaberolansarMFAB2012.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.365512018-05-27T08:12:38Z Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang 2012-01 Jaberolansar, Sara HT101-395 Sociology, Urban Pedestrian safety is the primary concern in designing and managing street crossings. Crossings that are safe, easy to use and well-marked support pedestrianfriendly environments and link both sides of the street physically and visually. This study explores the problem of pedestrian situation in Pasir Gudang City Center and the possibility of improving its safety. Current research aims to analyse problems that pedestrians have within a specific area in Pasir Gudang and thereafter propose changes in the physical design of streets to improve the pedestrians’ safety and accessibility. Therefore, this particular research evaluates security, comfort, continence and efficiency and affordability aspects of the crosswalk that would be influencing the attraction of pedestrians to a place. The study indicates that there are various factors that affect the pedestrians’ safety at the studied site. The factors that mainly affect the pedestrians’ safety is the high speed of motorized vehicles, the high share of car drivers driving against red and that most car drivers ignore their obligation to give priority to pedestrians at an unprotected pedestrian crossing. For doing the above, the site was selected based on pedestrian traffic volumes, pedestrian crossing treatment, and roadway characteristics. For evaluating the problems of Pasir Gudang City Center related pedestrian crossing, the site in mentioned city was observed and conflict points were found according to pedestrian and vehicle flow. Observations were carried out during the week to determine the frequency of the usability of the pedestrian crossing in the two zones. Since in Pasir Gudang City Center there is a lake of safeness for pedestrians. Changes in the physical design are thereafter proposed in order to prevent the car drivers’ incorrectly behavior and to facilitate for pedestrians. 2012-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/36551/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/36551/1/SaraJaberolansarMFAB2012.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:69596?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
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topic	HT101-395 Sociology Urban
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description	Pedestrian safety is the primary concern in designing and managing street crossings. Crossings that are safe, easy to use and well-marked support pedestrianfriendly environments and link both sides of the street physically and visually. This study explores the problem of pedestrian situation in Pasir Gudang City Center and the possibility of improving its safety. Current research aims to analyse problems that pedestrians have within a specific area in Pasir Gudang and thereafter propose changes in the physical design of streets to improve the pedestrians’ safety and accessibility. Therefore, this particular research evaluates security, comfort, continence and efficiency and affordability aspects of the crosswalk that would be influencing the attraction of pedestrians to a place. The study indicates that there are various factors that affect the pedestrians’ safety at the studied site. The factors that mainly affect the pedestrians’ safety is the high speed of motorized vehicles, the high share of car drivers driving against red and that most car drivers ignore their obligation to give priority to pedestrians at an unprotected pedestrian crossing. For doing the above, the site was selected based on pedestrian traffic volumes, pedestrian crossing treatment, and roadway characteristics. For evaluating the problems of Pasir Gudang City Center related pedestrian crossing, the site in mentioned city was observed and conflict points were found according to pedestrian and vehicle flow. Observations were carried out during the week to determine the frequency of the usability of the pedestrian crossing in the two zones. Since in Pasir Gudang City Center there is a lake of safeness for pedestrians. Changes in the physical design are thereafter proposed in order to prevent the car drivers’ incorrectly behavior and to facilitate for pedestrians.
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author	Jaberolansar, Sara
author_facet	Jaberolansar, Sara
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title	Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang
title_short	Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang
title_full	Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang
title_fullStr	Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang
title_full_unstemmed	Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department	Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate	2012
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/36551/1/SaraJaberolansarMFAB2012.pdf
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Safety measures for improving urban pedestrian network in Pasir Gudang

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