A systematic review of the factors associated with pedestrian route choice

ABSTRACT

Pedestrian route choice (PRC) is influenced by a wide range of factors, yet an understanding of the trends, patterns, and findings of PRC research is a gap in the literature. The present study applied the PRISMA framework to systematically identify published studies on PRC. The identified studies were synthesized by answering the systematic classification scheme (SCS) questions. Results show that prior studies have used a total of 105 factors associated with PRC. The identified factors were categorized under three groups (i.e. pedestrian socio-demographic factors, built environment factors, trip characteristics). The findings of this systematic review identified several critical research gaps for studying PRC behaviour. Future PRC research should aim to determine the influence of social, physical, and individual factors associated with PRC and the nature of the relationships of those factors with PRC.

KEYWORDS:

• Pedestrian route choice
• Travel behaviour
• Built environment
• Pedestrian safety
• Systematic review

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Notes

1 Revealed preference techniques use observations on actual choices made by people to measure preferences.

2 In stated preference techniques respondents are asked to choose the 'best' alternative from among a set of hypothetical scenarios, which are completely described by a set of attributes generated from an experimental design.

3 Parcels of land (i.e, retail, commerce, and mixed development) that are assumed to be more conducive to walking, as their businesses rely on pedestrian access and they are likely to provide amenities (e.g., window decoration, lighting, planting) to please passing pedestrians.

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Funding

This work was supported by Australian Research Council [Grant number DE200101079].