eprintid: 3198
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2020-06-09 09:55:41
lastmod: 2020-06-09 09:55:41
status_changed: 2020-06-09 09:55:41
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Vos, L.H.
creators_id: S2224410
creators_email: Lodewijk91@gmail.com
title: Pedestrian movement in shared space versus conventional road design
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Shared space road design is often used to control traffic flows, increase safety and create a more welcoming urban environment opposed to conventional road design. Pedestrians play a key role in shared space design, as they are encouraged to share the road with vehicles. However the subjective safety of pedestrians is lower in shared than in conventional road design. This study will examine whether the implementation of shared space leads to an increase in pedestrian movement as opposed to conventional road design. A non-participatory observation study was used to research the movement of 168 pedestrians on the basis of pedestrian activities. The results showed that the implementation of shared space does indeed lead to pedestrians using the shared space. However, an increase in pedestrian activities was not proven. Concluding, pedestrian movement can be changed by implementing shared space, but it will not change their activities.
date: 2020
pages: 21
thesis_type: bachelor
degree_programme: TP
tutors_name: Bandsma, K.V.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Planologie
tutors_email: K.V.Bandsma@rug.nl
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keywords_local: Shared Space
keywords_local: Conventional road design
keywords_local: Pedestrian
keywords_local: Pedstrian behaviour
keywords_local: Pedestrian movement
language_iso: en
agreed_repository: yes
date_issued: 2020-06-08
citation:   Vos, L.H.  (2020) Pedestrian movement in shared space versus conventional road design.  Bachelor thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3198/1/Thesis%20Lodewijk%20Vos%20s2224410.pdf