Introduce Parklets

Speck, Jeff

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“…This variable describes interactions occurring in or immediately adjacent to any of the driveways located at all four case study sites. Driveways are cited as points of potential conflict ( 24 ) and, indeed, 36% ( n = 926) of all interactions were observed at driveway locations. Most ( n = 526) result in adjusting or yielding; however, this spatial feature is not significantly associated with this outcome.…”

Section: Assessment Of Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative Observational Assessment of Cyclists’ Interactions on Urban Streets with On-Street and Sidewalk Bike Lanes

Silva

Moeckel

Clifton

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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The competition for urban space and the debate about where people can and should ride their bicycles began not long after this new form of mobility was introduced to the public. For two centuries, we have debated and eventually investigated whether bike lanes belong on the sidewalk or if they should be on the street alongside the vehicular roadway. Existing research has provided evidence of preferences for bike lane alignment based on perceived safety or comfort as well as objective measures of comparative safety based on available crash and hospital data. Much of the existing research has been driven by deductive assumptions or is limited by the lack of data describing near-miss events and the subtle everyday interactions cyclists experience when using different types of cycle facilities. To help us understand better what role everyday interactions play in the relative functionality of sidewalk and on-street bike lanes, an observational study was conducted using a new qualitative–quantitative grounded theory-driven method for identifying and interpreting the outcome of cyclists’ interactions. Using data gathered from 2,583 interactions observed at four case study street segments in Munich, Germany, four outcomes were identified: no reaction; adjusting or yielding; lane exiting; or multiple reactions. Based on inferential analyses of these outcomes, this paper presents an assessment of the safety, directness, and access afforded or hindered by the spatial conditions of observed interactions. The results of this assessment revealed a trade-off between frequent, but minor interactions in sidewalk bike lanes and infrequent, but less safe interactions in on-street bike lanes.

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Section: Assessment Of Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative Observational Assessment of Cyclists’ Interactions on Urban Streets with On-Street and Sidewalk Bike Lanes

Silva

Moeckel

Clifton

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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“…The insights of this paper belong to the first category—walkability as the conditions for walking. Discussions in this category already argue that walking environments should be convenient, interesting, safe, illuminated, and sociable (Al-Hagla 2009; Gehl 1987; Speck 2012, 2018). The insights of this paper, that walking can generate a well-balanced combination of our capacities, point to the importance of thinking more systematically about the types of environments that trigger different combinations of capacity development to improve objective well-being.…”

Section: Implications For Walkability Design and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Walking and Its Contribution to Objective Well-Being

Ferdman

2019

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Walking contributes to well-being in more than health-related ways. This paper adds a new perspective to the walkability agenda by introducing the concept of objective well-being. Objective well-being is the view that our well-being is dependent on the successful development and exercise of our various human capacities. Walking enables unique opportunities to develop our human capacities; opportunities that are absent in driving or commuting. Walking enables a more discerning acquisition of knowledge, opportunity for creativity, for developing our affective and social capacities, and for exercising the capacity to will. Finally, the paper reflects on possible directions for incorporating objective well-being into the walkability agenda.

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“…From the urban research sphere, this concern about walkable spaces is being addressed from multiple points of view. Starting from well-known essays such as Walkable city rules [ 1 ] to other studies in the Spanish context such as La ciudad paseable [ 2 ] or A pie o en bici [ 3 ], the key themes in order to take back cities for pedestrians are being described and thoroughly structured. At the same time, a large number of researchers are making great advances in the concept of ‘walkability’, focusing on understanding and parametrizing the attributes which may explain the reasons for usual walking itineraries [ 4 – 8 ].…”

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Modeling Barcelona sidewalks: A high resolution urban scale assessment of the geometric attributes of the walkable network

Dalmau¹,

Uceda²

2023

PLoS ONE

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Within the framework of urban pedestrian networks, this paper presents a method of modeling the street network from the perspective of foot traffic, beyond the vehicle-focused street centerline representation approach in transportation research. A scalable method to extract the centerlines of the complete walkable urban area from its polygon representation at a one-meter resolution is discussed, using open-source tools. To evaluate the betweenness centrality in a spatially directed graph, the process is applied to the study of the ‘walkable Barcelona’, focusing on three key parameters: 1) the street width, 2) the longitudinal slope, and 3) the crosswalks connecting the sidewalk platforms. The results identify the uneven distribution of these parameters within a complex urban fabric, and the high-resolution cartography allows the identification of critical areas within the network, introducing future lines of research and applications of the workflow. This is especially relevant considering the increasing awareness of citizens and the urban agendas worldwide, aimed at improving and widening the sidewalk infrastructure that supports local activity in cities.

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Introduce Parklets

Cited by 3 publications

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Comparative Observational Assessment of Cyclists’ Interactions on Urban Streets with On-Street and Sidewalk Bike Lanes

Comparative Observational Assessment of Cyclists’ Interactions on Urban Streets with On-Street and Sidewalk Bike Lanes

Walking and Its Contribution to Objective Well-Being

Modeling Barcelona sidewalks: A high resolution urban scale assessment of the geometric attributes of the walkable network

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