Assessing accessibility and safety conditions in an urban environment: what do pedestrians perceive?

Carlos  Aceves-González; Libertad  Rizo-Corona; Rosa  Rosales-Cinco; John  Rey-Galindo; Karthikeyan Ekambaram; Maricela  Ramos-Tachiquín

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_21

Assessing accessibility and safety conditions in an urban environment: what do pedestrians perceive?

Carlos Aceves-González, Libertad Rizo-Corona, Rosa Rosales-Cinco, John Rey-Galindo, Karthikeyan Ekambaram, Maricela Ramos-Tachiquín

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Abstract

This study aimed to assess pedestrians’ perceptions about accessibility and safety with an aim to identify factors that influence their choice of mobility in an urban environment in the Municipality of Tlaquepaque, Mexico. A survey was conducted of 299 people aged 18 to 72 years old. The study was undertaken in situ while the users were at transit on the place. Most of the participants pointed out the presence of obstacles to free access and over than 60% of the participants considered that the design of the road could imply problems to people with disabilities. In terms of safety, almost 80% of participants consider the lack of respect to pedestrians as the main fact that represents safety risks for them. Overall, the study allows recognising a series of elements of the urban space might be considered to create an age-friendly – safe and accessible - environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Design for Inclusion - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Design for Inclusion and the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering
Editors	Giuseppe Di Bucchianico
Publisher	Springer
Pages	215-225
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-20444-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-20443-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_21
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020
Event	10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - Washington D.C., United States Duration: 24 Jul 2019 → 28 Jul 2019 http://www.ahfe2019.org/

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	954
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Abbreviated title	AHFE 2019
Country	United States
City	Washington D.C.
Period	24/07/19 → 28/07/19
Internet address	http://www.ahfe2019.org/

Keywords

Accessibility
Ageing
Pedestrians’ perception
Safety
Urban environment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Computer Science(all)

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Aceves-González, C., Rizo-Corona, L., Rosales-Cinco, R., Rey-Galindo, J., Ekambaram, K., & Ramos-Tachiquín, M. (2020). Assessing accessibility and safety conditions in an urban environment: what do pedestrians perceive? In G. Di Bucchianico (Ed.), Advances in Design for Inclusion - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Design for Inclusion and the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering (pp. 215-225). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 954). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_21

Assessing accessibility and safety conditions in an urban environment: what do pedestrians perceive? / Aceves-González, Carlos; Rizo-Corona, Libertad; Rosales-Cinco, Rosa ; Rey-Galindo, John; Ekambaram, Karthikeyan; Ramos-Tachiquín, Maricela.

Advances in Design for Inclusion - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Design for Inclusion and the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering. ed. / Giuseppe Di Bucchianico. Springer, 2020. p. 215-225 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 954).

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Aceves-González, C, Rizo-Corona, L, Rosales-Cinco, R, Rey-Galindo, J, Ekambaram, K & Ramos-Tachiquín, M 2020, Assessing accessibility and safety conditions in an urban environment: what do pedestrians perceive? in G Di Bucchianico (ed.), Advances in Design for Inclusion - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Design for Inclusion and the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 954, Springer, pp. 215-225, 10th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics , Washington D.C., United States, 24/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_21

Aceves-González C, Rizo-Corona L, Rosales-Cinco R, Rey-Galindo J, Ekambaram K, Ramos-Tachiquín M. Assessing accessibility and safety conditions in an urban environment: what do pedestrians perceive? In Di Bucchianico G, editor, Advances in Design for Inclusion - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Design for Inclusion and the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering. Springer. 2020. p. 215-225. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_21

Aceves-González, Carlos ; Rizo-Corona, Libertad ; Rosales-Cinco, Rosa ; Rey-Galindo, John ; Ekambaram, Karthikeyan ; Ramos-Tachiquín, Maricela. / Assessing accessibility and safety conditions in an urban environment: what do pedestrians perceive?. Advances in Design for Inclusion - Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Design for Inclusion and the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors for Apparel and Textile Engineering. editor / Giuseppe Di Bucchianico. Springer, 2020. pp. 215-225 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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