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A SURVEY TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE PERCEPTION OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES USAGE ON SHAHRAH-E-FAISAL ROAD, KARACHI-PAKISTAN

New Horizons, 2017-06, Vol.11 (1), p.111

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  • Title:
    A SURVEY TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE PERCEPTION OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES USAGE ON SHAHRAH-E-FAISAL ROAD, KARACHI-PAKISTAN
  • Author: Malik, Irfan Ahmed ; Alwi, S Khurram Khan ; Gul, Naiga
  • Subjects: Central business districts ; Cities ; Commuting ; Footbridges ; Pedestrians ; Roads & highways ; Safety and security measures ; Studies ; Surveys ; Traffic flow
  • Is Part Of: New Horizons, 2017-06, Vol.11 (1), p.111
  • Description: This study has been carried out to understand the dynamics of pedestrian bridges (PBs) usage and its adoption by the people commuting on Shahrah-e-Faisal Road, Karachi. Since this road has many indicators to cover, for this study one indicator Pedestrian Bridges (PB) has been taken to account with various other sub-indicators due to time and resource limitation. Safety, Security and Awareness among people while using the PB was taken as our three key factors. Each factor has six questions derived after a pilot survey that was carried to understand people views. A tool was developed with a closed end questionnaire using a survey based quantitative research methodology. A convenience based data sampling technique was used to gather representative data size of 70 people from 12 bridges built on Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi. The analysis was carried out using SPSS. A normality test was conducted to understand the data pattern and skewness. A one sample t-test shows significance outcome of the data collected from respondents that awareness, safety and security are the prime concerns people refrain/avoid or reluctant in using pedestrian's bridges.
  • Publisher: Karachi: Knowledge Bylanes
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1992-4399
    EISSN: 1992-4399
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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