Abstract

URAZAN BONELLS, Carlos Felipe; TORRES PRADA, Adolfo Camilo  and  SANCHEZ COTTE, Édgar Humberto. The role of underground pedestrian crossing as an alternative way to the current urban planning schemes. Tecnura [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.38, pp.97-108. ISSN 0123-921X.

The underground pedestrian crossings approach has an infrastructural solution to the current urban mobility. It is based on various criteria such as: the tendency to follow the availability of multifunctional underground spaces of some cities in developed countries, which can reduce the risk of accidents on road at pedestrian crossings, lower construction costs, lower occupancy of public space. Also, the use of underground pedestrian crossing can benefits more the user compared with pedestrian bridge in the following aspects: Protection under negative environmental impacts and reducing more travel distances. As a consequence, this solution would reduce the perception of increased fatigue in the pedestrian using the infrastructure, and would have less negative visual impact. Despite the benefits, the implementation of pedestrian crossings underpass competing with location factors such as the fact of being located near steps at traffic lights, which change the intention of pedestrians on how to cross roads.

Keywords : pedestrian infrastructure; urban mobility; pedestrian tunnels.

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