Evaluation of Bus Stops’ Impacts on Passengers’ Walking Time

CICTP 2015 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangzhao Xin ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Yanjie Ji ◽  
Jieyu Liu ◽  
Qingyun Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bus Stops ◽  
Walking Time

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING THE WILLINGNESS TO WALK TO THE BUS STOPS IN PENANG ISLAND

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Sabahiah Abdul Sukor ◽  
Siti Fadhlina Muhammad Fisal
Keyword(s):  
Walking Distance ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Trip Purpose ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Bus Stops ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Walking Time ◽  
Maximum Minimum

This study, investigates pedestrians’ ‘willingness to walk’ to Rapid Penang bus stops in Penang Island. Parameters, such as socio-demographics, walking distance and walking time, were examined to determine factors that influence ‘willingness to walk’. Questionnaire surveys were used to collect the data from 400 participants. The data was analysed using multiple regression analysis through the ‘Statistical Package for the Social Sciences’ (SPSS). Analysis of determinant factors was split into two dependent variables. Firstly, the willingness to walk based on current condition, and secondly, the willingness to walk, if improvements to environment and infrastructure were made to the bus stops. The results showed that socio-demographic factors, such as walking distance, walking time and trip purpose would likely to influence the pedestrians’ ‘willingness to walk’. This study also identified the maximum, minimum, and average distances walked by a pedestrian to reach the bus stops (as well as the willingness travel time.) The outcome of this study will contribute to better planning of transportation system in Penang Island especially on the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) projects.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING THE WILLINGNESS TO WALK TO THE BUS STOPS IN PENANG ISLAND

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Sabahiah Abdul Sukor ◽  
Siti Fadhlina Muhammad Fisal
Keyword(s):  
Walking Distance ◽  
Master Plan ◽  
Trip Purpose ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Bus Stops ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
Walking Time ◽  
Maximum Minimum

This study, investigates pedestrians’ ‘willingness to walk’ to Rapid Penang bus stops in Penang Island. Parameters, such as socio-demographics, walking distance and walking time, were examined to determine factors that influence ‘willingness to walk’. Questionnaire surveys were used to collect the data from 400 participants. The data was analysed using multiple regression analysis through the ‘Statistical Package for the Social Sciences’ (SPSS). Analysis of determinant factors was split into two dependent variables. Firstly, the willingness to walk based on current condition, and secondly, the willingness to walk, if improvements to environment and infrastructure were made to the bus stops. The results showed that socio-demographic factors, such as walking distance, walking time and trip purpose would likely to influence the pedestrians’ ‘willingness to walk’. This study also identified the maximum, minimum, and average distances walked by a pedestrian to reach the bus stops (as well as the willingness travel time.) The outcome of this study will contribute to better planning of transportation system in Penang Island especially on the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) projects.

Individualizing Civic Responsibility

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon C.C. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Civic Responsibility ◽  
Local Service ◽  
Market Driven ◽  
Bus Stops ◽  
Street Furniture ◽  
Policy And Planning

Chapter 3 demonstrates that DIY urban designers are largely motivated by failings they perceive in urban policy and planning. Placing them in this context is essential for interpreting the phenomenon. While do-it-yourselfers respond to the problems they see in creative ways, their individualistic tactics of doing so introduce problems of their own. The chapter focuses on bus stops to consider the lack of sidewalk seating in many cities, the privatization of street furniture, and concerns with local service provision. In trying to correct problems they see, do-it-yourselfers always impart their own personal and cultural values, and some DIY alterations can be selfish and anti-social in impact. The chapter interrogates DIY urbanism in the context of the “neoliberalized” city, arguing that even as the practices aim to counter the ill effects of market-driven planning, they can also reinforce an individualistic, undemocratic logic in placemaking.

scholarly journals Using Prospective Methods to Identify Fieldwork Locations Favourable to Understanding Divergences in Health Care Accessibility

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 506
Author(s):  
Jan Ketil Rød ◽  
Arne H. Eide ◽  
Thomas Halvorsen ◽  
Alister Munthali
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Health Care Accessibility ◽  
Barriers To Health ◽  
Walking Time

Central to this article is the issue of choosing sites for where a fieldwork could provide a better understanding of divergences in health care accessibility. Access to health care is critical to good health, but inhabitants may experience barriers to health care limiting their ability to obtain the care they need. Most inhabitants of low-income countries need to walk long distances along meandering paths to get to health care services. Individuals in Malawi responded to a survey with a battery of questions on perceived difficulties in accessing health care services. Using both vertical and horizontal impedance, we modelled walking time between household locations for the individuals in our sample and the health care centres they were using. The digital elevation model and Tobler’s hiking function were used to represent vertical impedance, while OpenStreetMap integrated with land cover map were used to represent horizontal impedance. Combining measures of walking time and perceived accessibility in Malawi, we used spatial statistics and found spatial clusters with substantial discrepancies in health care accessibility, which represented fieldwork locations favourable for providing a better understanding of barriers to health access.

Electronic Solution to Address Traffic Issues Near Bus Stops

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Utkarsh Mishra ◽  
Rain Ritika ◽  
Rajeshwar ◽  
Ashish Kumar Mishra ◽  
P B Karandikar
Keyword(s):  
Bus Stops

scholarly journals Socioeconomic Differences in Walking Time of Children and Adolescents to Public Green Spaces in Urban Areas—Results of the German Environmental Survey (2014–2017)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2326
Author(s):  
Julia Rehling ◽  
Christiane Bunge ◽  
Julia Waldhauer ◽  
André Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Environmental Survey ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Public Green Space ◽  
Walking Time

Public green spaces have a high potential for a positive impact on people’s health and wellbeing, especially in urban areas. Studies on environmental justice indicate socially unequal access possibilities to urban green spaces. This article presents results on associations between individual socioeconomic position (SEP) and walking time from home to public green spaces in young people living in urban areas with more than 20,000 inhabitants in Germany. Data were derived from the German Environmental Survey for Children and Adolescents 2014–2017 (GerES V), the environmental module of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS Wave 2). The sample comprises 1149 participants aged 3 to 17 years. A total of 51.5% of the participants reach a public green space on foot within five and 72.8% within ten minutes from home. The lower the participant’s SEP, the longer the walking time. Logistic regression models controlling for age group, sex, migration background, and region of residence show that participants with a low SEP have a significantly higher risk (odds ratio = 1.98; 95% confidence interval: 1.31–2.99) of needing more than ten minutes to walk from home to a public green space than participants with a high SEP. GerES V data indicate that young people living in urban areas in Germany do not equally benefit from the health-promoting potential of green spaces, which is an important aspect of environmental health inequalities.

Sharing bus stops: An efficient use of public spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 294 ◽  
pp. 126282
Author(s):  
Sara Ezquerro ◽  
Borja Alonso ◽  
José Luis Moura
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Bus Stops

scholarly journals Walking time measures for evaluating OA of the knee

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Author(s):  
R. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Functional Performance ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Knee Extensor ◽  
Quadriceps Strength ◽  
Knee Extensor Strength ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Walking Tests ◽  
Experimental Subjects ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Walking Time

This study assessed the test-retest reliability and the sensitivity of self-paced walking time measurements for evaluating the functional performance of persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The 13 m timed walking tests were carried out on two separate occasions over a six-week period for 10 patients using a standardised protocol. The same measurements were recorded also for three additional patients before and after a six-week quadriceps strength training regimen. As indicated by an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.83 with no significant intersession test differences for the group (P=0.98), the gait measurements were reliable. However, despite marked increase in knee extensor strength and significant subjective improvements in walking time for the three experimental subjects were smaller than the error of measurement. The findings suggest that regardless of reliability, measurements of self-paced level walking time might not be sufficiently sensitive for evaluating longitudinal changes in functional performance in this patient population.

Walking performance, oxygen uptake kinetics and resting muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity in peripheral arterial disease

2004 ◽  
Vol 106 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn A. BARKER ◽  
Simon GREEN ◽  
Anita A. GREEN ◽  
Philip J. WALKER
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Arterial Disease ◽  
Oxygen Uptake ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex ◽  
Arterial Disease ◽  
Peak Vo2 ◽  
Vo2 Kinetics ◽  
Peripheral Arterial ◽  
Walking Time ◽  
Dehydrogenase Complex

In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that walking intolerance in intermittent claudication (IC) is related to both slowed whole body oxygen uptake (VO2) kinetics and altered activity of the active fraction of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDCa) in skeletal muscle. Ten patients with IC and peripheral arterial disease [ankle/brachial index (ABI)=0.73±0.13] and eight healthy controls (ABI=1.17±0.13) completed three maximal walking tests. From these tests, averaged estimates of walking time, peak VO2 and the time constant of VO2 (τ) during submaximal walking were obtained. A muscle sample was taken from the gastrocnemius medialis muscle at rest and analysed for PDCa and several other biochemical variables. Walking time and peak VO2 were approx. 50% lower in patients with IC than controls, and τ was 2-fold higher (P<0.05). τ was significantly correlated with walking time (r=-0.72) and peak VO2 (r=-0.66) in patients with IC, but not in controls. PDCa was not significantly lower in patients with IC than controls; however, PDCa tended to be correlated with τ (r=-0.56, P=0.09) in patients with IC, but not in controls (r=-0.14). A similar correlation was observed between resting ABI and τ (r=-0.63, P=0.05) in patients with IC. These data suggest that the impaired VO2 kinetics contributes to walking intolerance in IC and that, within a group of patients with IC, differences in VO2 kinetics might be partly linked to differences in muscle carbohydrate oxidation.

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