Estimation of Pedestrian Level of Service by Using Inverse Variance Method in Visakhapatnam Urban

Abstract

Access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems is need of the hour. Walking is one such transportation
mode which is safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable. Pedestrians are one of the key stake holders in it. Walking is also one of the important traffic modes for urban in India due of its flexibility and mobility and it is also a last mile traffic mode. Pedestrians’ right to walk has several challenges like – comfort, safety issues, infrastructure deficit, etc. this paper is trying to address these challenges by assessing the level of service of pedestrians in urban setup. For this a detailed qualitative
survey has been conducted to collect factors associated with level of service. Inverse variance method has been used to categorize the junctions in the city into various levels of service areas. Based on the observation of level of service the causes for poor level of service are inferred. Finally, several improvements have been proposed to mitigate the challenges and improve the overall pedestrian level of service.