| Title |
A Study on the Impact Factors of Pedestrian Path Choice on Intersections |
| Keywords |
보행활성화 ; 대각선 가로 ; 가시성 ; 길선택 Improve Pedestrian ; Diagonal Street ; Visibility ; Path Choice |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this research is to find the factor behind choosing diagonal streets at intersections. Pedestrian field of vision and pedestrian path choices were analyzed after building 3D virtual reality models of various intersection environments and finding the preferred intersection environment and diagonal streets through 1:1 experiments. The test results show first that the preferred intersection environments are 10°, 20°, and 30° and that all three are preferred more than straight-line streets. Second, analysis of the viewable area per degree of intersection show that degrees less than 30° and 70° revealed a wider area than 40° or 50° and that wider viewable areas led to the more frequent selection of diagonal roads. Additionally, the proximity of intersection and view point selection resulted in choosing diagonal roads, which shows that street layout environment and field of vision influence the path choice of pedestrians. The significance of this study is that it demonstrates that the street layout environment formed by diagonal roads at intersections outside of the internal physical environment of roads, in other words the field of vision of pedestrians regarding entrance, influence pedestrian path choice. |