EVALUATION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES IN PATNA
Keywords:
Sidewalk, Crosswalk, Pedestrian level of service, Delay, Vehicular movementAbstract
The paper discusses the evaluation of pedestrian facilities such as sidewalks and crosswalk along with their pedestrian level of service. The city under study was Patna. A total of 10 locations have been studied for sidewalk and six locations for crosswalk and their adequacy have been checked as per the guidelines mentioned in IRC 103:2012. Pedestrian level of service at each location have also been calculated based on the delay faced by the pedestrians due to vehicular movement at intersections.