A METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING F A C I L I T I E S IN SRI LANKA MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN HIGHWAY & T R A F F I C . *^ ENGINEERING R.A.S.K.Kaluarachchi Department of Civil Engineering University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka * h . March 2010 - IIBBARV ttifVEBSITY OF MORATUWA. Sfii Ur^'^ A METHODOLOGY FOR DESIGN OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING F A C I L f r i E S IN SRI LANKA 4i By R.A.S.K.Kaluarachchi Supervised by Professor A.S.Kumarage The Dissertation was submitted to the Department o f Civ i l Engineering o f the University o f Moratuwa in partial fulfillment o f the requirement for the Degree o f Master o f Engineering in Highway & Traffic Engineering. Department of Civil Engineering University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka March 2010 Ilniver.sitv of Moratuwa iff CONTENTS D E C L A R A T I O N A B S T R A C T A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T C H A P T E R 1 I N T R O D U C T I O N L I GENERAL 1.2 PROBLEM S T A T E M E N T L 3 OB-IECTIVE OF TILE S T U D Y L 4 THESIS O U T L I N E C H A P T E R 2 L I T E R A T U R E S U R V E Y 2.1 INTRODUCTION : " 2.2 TYPE OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS V 2.3 CLASSIFICATION OF PEDESTRIAN F A C I L I T I E S FOR CROSSING ROAIDS 2.4 CURRENT PRACTICES , '^ "^ 2.5 W A L K I N G SPEED 2.6 A V E R A G E CROSSING T I M E A N D D I F F I C U L T Y OF CROSSING 2.7 PEDESTRIAN SPEED, D E N S I T Y , F L O W AND SPACE R E L A T I O N S I HPS 2.8 PEDESTRIAN C A P A C I T Y 2.9 DI 'S IGNCONSIDERATIONS 2 . 1 0 STUDY O N R A I S E D CROSSINGS " 2 . 1 1 APPROACH SPEEDS S U R V E Y 2 . 1 2 PEDESTRIAN D E L A Y A N D ExrosuRE ' . 2 . 1 3 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY: EXPOSURE A N D C O N F L I C T C H A P T E R 3 D A T A C O L L E C T I O N ' ' 3.1 INTRODUCTION * 3.2 SELECTION OF LOCATIONS 3.3 DESCRIPTION OF L ( X : A T I O N S • ; 3.4 L IST OF PARAMETERS 3.5 SURVEY MI