Citation

Rashidi E, Parsafard M, Medal H, Li X. Transp. Res. E Logist. Transp. Rev. 2016; 91: 33-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.tre.2016.03.016

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We study the effect that installing sidewalks and crosswalks, as traffic calming facilities, has on the safety and usability of a transportation network with automobile, public transit and walking as modes of transportation. A mathematical programming model is proposed for this problem whose objective is to minimize the safety hazard for pedestrians and the total transportation cost of the network. We utilize a customized greedy heuristic and a simulated annealing algorithm for solving the problem. The computational results indicate that installing sidewalks and crosswalks at proper locations can reduce the overall transportation cost and improve pedestrians' safety.

Language: en