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October 31, 2025Determining the sidewalk pavement width by using pedestrian discomfort levels and movement characteristics
By Kim, S., Choi, J., & Kim, Y.
Full Citation
Kim, S., Choi, J., & Kim, Y. (2011). Determining the sidewalk pavement width by using pedestrian discomfort levels and movement characteristics. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 15, 883-889.
Key Findings
This paper presents a sidewalk pavement width design method for making more pedestrian friendly and walk-inspiring sidewalk pavements in the urban area. Instead of using the current sidewalk pavement width design standard that usually leads to having minimum values, this research investigated pedestrians’ preferences on the levels of service, surveyed actual foot path trajectories in the sidewalk pavements, and observed pedestrian movement characteristics in the streets. Using this methodology, it was found that the minimum acceptable pavement width in the case study area was 3.0 meters (9.8 feet) for larger arterial streets, and 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) for smaller collector streets.
