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Measuring Pedestrian Psycho-Physiological Well-Being in the Built Environment
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2024-09-13
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Abstract:Pedestrians are some of the most vulnerable road users, and pedestrian fatalities have been increasing over the last 15 years, particularly at night. To create safer infrastructure for pedestrians, it is imperative to understand how pedestrian perception and behavior varies between the daytime and nighttime. Understanding pedestrian behaviors, preferences, and perception of the built environment is essential for creating spaces that promote more active modes of transportation. This study employs mobile eye-tracking glasses and stated preference surveys to examine differences in pedestrian attention and perceptions of comfort and safety along an urban corridor in Charlottesville, VA, USA during the daytime and nighttime. The analysis of gaze data uses an urban typology framework which allows for quantitative differentiation in pedestrian’s attention to various urban stimuli, such as transportation elements, built infrastructure, people, and nature. The results indicate that at night, participants paid more attention to vehicles, lighted crossing infrastructure, and lighting features, while attention on unlit transportation infrastructure and nature decreased. Findings from the study also suggest that there is a connection between lighting levels and perception of safety. Locations with the lowest lighting levels along the route were frequently identified by participants as locations they felt the most unsafe at night. The study proposes a comprehensive model of measuring attention, perception, and cognition, and sets the groundwork for future research on the linkages between the experiential dimensions of streets, human-wellbeing, and pedestrian behaviors.
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