Pedestrian Level of Service Model Incorporating Pedestrian Perception for Sidewalk with Vendor Activities

Abstract

This paper presents an alternative model for evaluating pedestrian level of service at the sidewalk with street vendor activities. Variables in the model include pedestrian perceptions of walking condition based on interview surveys as well as the pedestrian traffic flow and pedestrian behavior as the impact of street vendor activities. The presence of street vendors along the sidewalk is considered important in the proposed model. Data collections, which are conducted in Bangkok and Jakarta, include pedestrian interviews and pedestrian traffic surveys. Factor analysis is used to summarize pedestrian perceptions into several important variables. Then, along with pedestrian traffic data, regression models are estimated to find level of service as a function of the pedestrian perceptions of comfort and problem caused by vendor activities, pedestrian volume, and the number of pedestrian who interact with street vendors.