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Title:

Put the Brakes on Crime to Accelerate Walkability: Design Parameters for Safe, Walkable City

Accession Number:

01475717

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper presents findings of a pilot study conducted by Curtin University Australia and EMBARQ India, with an objective of exploring safety concerns of people while accessing metro stations. Increasingly, the notion of improved walkability to increase public transport patronage has been gaining momentum. Some physical-environmental features such as providing Accessibility and Safety against crime are fundamental in contributing to walkability. This study, while exploring the safety concerns, aims to establish if built form design influences people’s perception of safety and if yes, to identify these design parameters. The paper constructs a methodology and a safe street rating system that may be applicable to other cities worldwide. Safety audit tool was developed based on Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) theory, Space Syntax theory and ‘Walkability of Indian Cities – Clean Air Initiative (CAI) Asia’ study. Observational surveys and peoples’ perception surveys conducted around Indira Nagar metro station, Bangalore were compared for each safety criteria as set out in the audit tool establishing a strong relationship between the design of the built environment and people’s perception of safety in that environment. The paper presents the analysis and proposes a set of built form design parameters that influence people’s perception of safety while accessing metro stations.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP045 Intermodal Transfer Facilities.

Monograph Accession #:

01470560

Report/Paper Numbers:

13-5038

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Tiwari, Reena

Pagination:

20p

Publication Date:

2013

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Uncontrolled Terms:

Causal relationships

Geographic Terms:

Bangalore (India)

Subject Areas:

Design; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2013 Paper #13-5038

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Feb 5 2013 12:57PM