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PEDESTRIANS FACILITIES - Coggle Diagram
PEDESTRIANS FACILITIES
5 factors to be considered when providing facilities for pedestrians
The speed, volume and composition of vehicular traffic
The number of lanes, lane width and operation of traffic
two-way
one-way
The functional classification of the road
collector
arterial
The character of locality
rural
urban
residential
industrial
The number and characteristics of pedestrians
senior citizens
school children
disabled
The ability of pedestrians to cross can be enhanced by measures
Providing pedestrian refuge islands
Pedestrians can cross the road in stage.
Reducing vehicle speeds and reducing the variability of vehicle speeds
This makes gap selected by pedestrians less subject to errors of judgement.
Narrowing the vehicular roadway
This shortens the distance pedestrians have to cross when exposed to traffic, and also helps to reduce traffic speed.
Types of pedestrian crossing facilities
Contraolled crossing
school children's crossing
signalised crossing
zebra crossing
Grade separated crossing
pedestrian underrpass
pedestrian overhead bridges
Uncontrolled crossing
occurs by default where pedestrians find it convient to cross a road