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A Multi-~Procedural Approach To Evaluating Walkability And Pedestrian Safety, Peris Nyagah

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Walking has sound health benefits and tends to be a pleasurable experience requiring no fuel, fare, license, nor registration. Whilst walking is recommended as part of physical activity, it is necessary to provide a conducive and safe walking environment. In an effort to determine an optimum combination of infrastructure that would create walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods eliminating unnecessary motorized trips; various approaches evaluating an assortment of features in the walking environment have been implemented. However, some factors such as crash risk which have an essential contribution to the suitability of the walking environment have yet to be considered. Therefore the objective …