AN ANALYSIS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CAR TRAFFIC ON PEDESTRIAN IN SHOPPING AREAE

Abstract

  In this study, we hypothesize that car would have negative psychological influence on pedestrians in shopping area. To validate the hypothesis, we conducted two surveys in the pedestrians shopping area of Jiyugaoka, Tokyo, i.e. interview survey for pedestrians to evaluate their feeling and observational survey to measure the level of phisical effects of cars on the pedestrians. To measure pedestrian's feeling, we used three indexes; easiness of walking, goodness of atmosphere of the road and the level of delight while walking. We compared these indexes between with or without the phisical effect of cars on pedestrians. The results indicated that pedestrian without the phisical effects of cars evaluated higher than those with it for all these indexes significantly. The result supported the hypothesis.