A Study on Evaluation of Pedestrian Level of Service Along Sidewalks and at Crosswalks Using Conjoint Analysis

The primary objective of this study is to develop a method to evaluate the LOS of pedestrians, so that people can understa nd how well a particular street accommodates pedestrian travel. In order to fulfill this objective, a statistical process called c onjoint analysis was used in this study to identify the best combination of factors to achieve an accurate LOS. Factors affe cting pedestrian LOS have been defined and they were weighted by relative importance. In case of sidewalks, the result i ndicates that the factor ‘flow rate’ has greater importance than other factors. At the crosswalks turning vehicles have much impact on pedestrians than the other factors. Finally a method for the assignment of pedestrian LOS was developed based on identified attributes. This study provides the method to determine the LOS of a pedestrian path, as well as factors contri buting to low and high LOS.