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THIS PAPER IS CONCERNED WITH DELINEATING THE CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS OF PLANNING FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DOCUMENTING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION SYSTEMS IN MONTREAL, TORONOTO, AND CALGARY. CONCEPTUAL ASPECTS ARE DISCUSSED WITHIN THE PLANNING FRAMEWORK AND THE CANADIAN CONTEXT. SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS, CONFIGURATIONS, CONCEPTS, AND LINKAGES ARE DESCRIBED. CANADIAN EXPERIENCE APPEARS TO INDICATE THAT THE THEORETICAL CONCEPTS OF PEDESTRIAN- VEHICLE SEGREGATION ADVOCATED FOR MANY YEARS ARE BEING INCORPORATED AS PLANNING PRINCIPLES. IT WOULD ALSO APPEAR THAT THE STATE OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION PLANNING AND DESIGN IN CANADA IS STILL A VERY EMPIRIC ART. IT SEEMS APPARENT THAT NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO EVOLVE METHODS OF BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS OR DETERMINE OPTIMUM USER-COST CRITERIA. ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE ROAD AND SIDEWALK SYSTEMS ARE BUILT AT PUBLIC EXPENSE, IT IS ASSUMED THAT PRIVATE DEVELOPERS MUST PAY FOR ALL OR PART OF THE SEGREGATED PDESTRIAN SYSTEMS. IN ALL THE THREE CITIES DISCUSSED, ADEQUATE LINKAGES WITH THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM ARE BEING INCLUDED. ALTHOUGH THE GENERAL TENDENCY SEEMS TO BE TO DESIGN UNDERGROUND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEMS, ABOVE-GROUND SYSTEMS ARE ALSO BEING TRIED. /AUTHOR/

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Highway Research Record

50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

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Altitude; Central business districts; Crash rates; Motion; Pedestrians; Public transit; Theory; Trip generation; Underground structures; Vehicles; Walkways

Elevation; Segregation

Canada

Canada

Bridges and other structures; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment

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Mar 7 1972 12:00AM

• DESIGNING FOR PEDESTRIANS: A LEVEL-OF-SERVICE CONCEPT
• INVESTIGATION OF THE CAPACITY OF THE WHITE HOUSE SIDEWALK FOR ORDERLY DEMONSTRATIONS
• PEDESTRIAN EFFECT ON AT-GRADE INTERSECTION VEHICULAR FLOW
• PEDESTRIAN TRAVEL DEMAND
• PEDESTRIAN WAY CONCEPTS AND CASE STUDIES