Open AccessINCORPORATING PEDESTRIAN INDEX INTO GOOGLEMAPS
Author(s) -
Nabila Abdul Ghani,
Muhammad Hussein,
Safizahanin Mokhtar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
planning malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1675-6215
pISSN - 0128-0945
DOI - 10.21837/pm.v11i2.119
Subject(s) - pedestrian , transport engineering , index (typography) , facility management , quality (philosophy) , scope (computer science) , computer science , walkability , level of service , business , engineering , civil engineering , built environment , philosophy , epistemology , marketing , world wide web , programming language
The trend for new urbanism which encourages public transportation usage has increasingly focused on pedestrian facilities. Pedestrian fac ilities can be defined as facilities that continuously provide pedestrians with safe access to land uses. Unfortunately, roadway design prioritizes the needs of motorists while putting pedestrians at ri sk. A number of studies have developed methods to determine pedestrian Level of Service (LOS). However, none have considered the road hierarchy which has a different design standard, level of road usage, access management and scope of pedestrian needs. This paper develops a pedestrian index (P-Index) which incorporates selected indicators according to road hierarchy in evaluating pedestrian facilities. The index is an analytical tool to rate pedestrian facilities using 5 star rating formats whereby the higher the number of stars, the better quality of facilities of a particular pedestrian segment. The method focuses on four indicators namely Facility, Mobility, Safety and Accessibility. Using Taman Bukit Indah, Johor Bahru as the study area, it was revealed that the overall quality of pedestrian facilities achieved three stars, which are interpreted as walkable. The rating scores of pedestrian facility are next incorporated into Google Maps to enable the public to visualise the rating score of pedestrian facilities. The index can also serve as an evaluation tool by the authorities for auditing purposes in the provision and monitoring of pedestrian facilities.