Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities

The improvement of pedestrian mobility through the use of on-street vertical facilities, i.e. escalators, moving sidewalks, lifts, funiculars and gondola lifts, is becoming increasingly important in many cities with steep slopes that hinder walkers' transit. However, studies on the acceptance,...

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Autores: González González, María Esther|||0000-0002-5252-3247, Cordera Piñera, Rubén|||0000-0001-8272-6662, Alonso Oreña, Borja|||0000-0003-2475-3325, Nogués Linares, Soledad|||0000-0002-1040-6886
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Vertical walking facilities
Accessibility
Travel behavior
Demand models
Urban planning
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spelling Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilitiesGonzález González, María Esther|||0000-0002-5252-3247Cordera Piñera, Rubén|||0000-0001-8272-6662Alonso Oreña, Borja|||0000-0003-2475-3325Nogués Linares, Soledad|||0000-0002-1040-6886Vertical walking facilitiesAccessibilityTravel behaviorDemand modelsUrban planningThe improvement of pedestrian mobility through the use of on-street vertical facilities, i.e. escalators, moving sidewalks, lifts, funiculars and gondola lifts, is becoming increasingly important in many cities with steep slopes that hinder walkers' transit. However, studies on the acceptance, profitability and demand for these facilities are still scarce. The present paper proposes an assessment methodology to evaluate the demand for vertical pedestrian routes and facilities based on diverse accessibility indicators. This methodology was applied to the city of Santander (Spain), where flow measurements and surveys among users of existing vertical walking systems were carried out. These data were modeled using Poisson and Binomial Negative regressions, considering the truncated and discrete character of the dependent variable. The results obtained confirm that vertical walking facilities are highly valued by users. Contrary to expectations, accessibility from these facilities to public services or commercial areas was not relevant to estimate the demand of the existing routes and only accessibility to population proved to be significant. Therefore, it is advisable to install this type of walking facilities in those pedestrian routes located in areas with enough population density over well-equipped central areas, so that the number of potential users justifies their investment and maintenance costs.This work was supported by the Santander’s City Council (Spain) under the research project SMARTRANSPORT. The authors would like to thank Paula Gómez Núñez for her initial work on Santander’s vertical facilities within her Master’s dissertation.Taylor and Francis Ltd.Universidad de Cantabria20222022-04-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/10902/27728International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 2022, 16(4), 326-339reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/277282026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
title Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
spellingShingle Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
González González, María Esther|||0000-0002-5252-3247
Vertical walking facilities
Accessibility
Travel behavior
Demand models
Urban planning
title_short Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
title_full Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
title_fullStr Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
title_full_unstemmed Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
title_sort Planning for sustainable urban mobility: demand estimation of on-street vertical walking facilities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González González, María Esther|||0000-0002-5252-3247
Cordera Piñera, Rubén|||0000-0001-8272-6662
Alonso Oreña, Borja|||0000-0003-2475-3325
Nogués Linares, Soledad|||0000-0002-1040-6886
author González González, María Esther|||0000-0002-5252-3247
author_facet González González, María Esther|||0000-0002-5252-3247
Cordera Piñera, Rubén|||0000-0001-8272-6662
Alonso Oreña, Borja|||0000-0003-2475-3325
Nogués Linares, Soledad|||0000-0002-1040-6886
author_role author
author2 Cordera Piñera, Rubén|||0000-0001-8272-6662
Alonso Oreña, Borja|||0000-0003-2475-3325
Nogués Linares, Soledad|||0000-0002-1040-6886
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad de Cantabria
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Vertical walking facilities
Accessibility
Travel behavior
Demand models
Urban planning
topic Vertical walking facilities
Accessibility
Travel behavior
Demand models
Urban planning
description The improvement of pedestrian mobility through the use of on-street vertical facilities, i.e. escalators, moving sidewalks, lifts, funiculars and gondola lifts, is becoming increasingly important in many cities with steep slopes that hinder walkers' transit. However, studies on the acceptance, profitability and demand for these facilities are still scarce. The present paper proposes an assessment methodology to evaluate the demand for vertical pedestrian routes and facilities based on diverse accessibility indicators. This methodology was applied to the city of Santander (Spain), where flow measurements and surveys among users of existing vertical walking systems were carried out. These data were modeled using Poisson and Binomial Negative regressions, considering the truncated and discrete character of the dependent variable. The results obtained confirm that vertical walking facilities are highly valued by users. Contrary to expectations, accessibility from these facilities to public services or commercial areas was not relevant to estimate the demand of the existing routes and only accessibility to population proved to be significant. Therefore, it is advisable to install this type of walking facilities in those pedestrian routes located in areas with enough population density over well-equipped central areas, so that the number of potential users justifies their investment and maintenance costs.
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv Taylor and Francis Ltd.
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv International Journal of Sustainable Transportation 2022, 16(4), 326-339
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