This thesis examines the relationship between land use and pedestrian-vehicle crashes. Analysis focuses on how the pedestrian crashes vary by personal characteristics (age, sex, condition, and severity of injury) and physical characteristics of the crash area (location type, population density, land use, pedestrian activity, and demand)…
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Concept
1.2 Background on Baltimore City
1.3 Purpose
Chapter 2: Literature Review
2.1 Pedestrian Behavior and Personal Characteristics
2.2 Mode Choice and the Built Environment
2.3 Crashes and the Personal Characteristics
2.4 Crashes and the Built Environment
2.5 Conclusions
Chapter 3: Methodology
3.1 Data
3.2 Methodology
3.2.1 Pedestrian Characteristics
3.2.2 Characteristics of the Crash Location
3.2.3 Land Use Characteristics
3.2.4 Descriptive Statistics
3.2.5 Multivariate Statistics
3.2.6 Demand Analysis
Chapter 4: Results
4.1 General Statistics on Crashes
4.2 Pedestrian and Crash Characteristics
4.2.1 Age and Gender
4.2.2 Pedestrian Obedience
4.2.3 Severity of Injury
4.2.4 Substance Use
4.2.5 Time of Day
4.2.6 Functional Classification
4.2.7 Summary of Descriptive Statistics for Pedestrian and Crash Characteristics
4.3 Land Use Characteristics
4.3.1 Pedestrian Activity
4.3.2 Park area
4.3.3 Population Density
4.3.4 Medium Household Income
4.3.5 Commercial Accessibility
4.3.6 Transit Accessibility
4.3.7 Mixed-Use
4.3.8 Density of Roads
4.3.9 Summary of Descriptive Statistics for Land Use Variables
4.4 Multivariate Analysis
4.5 Demand Analysis
Chapter 5: Conclusion
5.1 Contribution
5.2 Findings
5.3 Shortcomings and Future Research
References
Author: Burnier, Carolina Valdemarin
Source: University of Maryland
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