Walking has been always considered as a sustainable method of transportation which is more suitable for short-distance trips. The concept of “short distance trip” changes with the convenient maximum walking distance of ...

This paper aims to develop walking trip rates for different land uses in an urban area. Walking trip rates are developed for six identified land use categories, namely residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, ...

Pedestrian facilities in urban environment are sometimes less appealing in residential/ recreational areas or insufficient to serve the peak hour pedestrian flows in commercial areas .There is no proper mechanism to ...

“Walkability” is a vital constituent on Urban Streets and is a sustainable transportation mode for pedestrians in highly urbanized cities. Psychological comfort of pedestrians is predominantly defined by enhancing walkability ...

This research investigates the spatial characters of New Urban Areas (NUAs) in Hanoi, Vietnam, by employing space syntax and urban morphological approaches. Hanoi grows from a monocentric city to an ‘amoeba’-like urban ...