Perspectives in evaluating pedestrian facility within transit-oriented development context

Abstract

Pedestrian facility is widely agreed an important component of transit-oriented development (TOD). The availability and quality of pedestrian facility relates to and affects other aspects of TOD. This article explores the role of pedestrian facility within TOD. This article is written through a literature review on the available body of knowledge regarding evaluation of pedestrian facility by using the concept of TOD as the base and framework for the literature review. It is found that the physical and perceived quality of the pedestrian facility are to be evaluated. It is found that there are some aspects to be evaluated network wide and some other aspects to be evaluated segment wide. Evaluated objects of the mentioned aspects can be analysed using various techniques and tools, including space syntax analysing using DepthMapX and other analysis using spatial analysis softwares. It is concluded that in order to comprehensively evaluate pedestrian facility within TOD context, various types of evaluation need to be carried out.