Safe route to school through GIS : a case study of Khon Kaen, Thailand | |
| Author | Wisit Udomsinprasert |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.TE-03-04 |
| Subject(s) | Geographic information systems School children--Transportation |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study intends to develop the Safe Route to School program which aims to enhance walking and cycling activity as safe and friendly mode of transportation. The focused locations of student pedestrians and cyclists were concentrated within Khon Kaen municipality area. Two schools: Kaen Na Korn School and Ming Muang School were chosen as the study areas. Predominantly, community based approach was adopted as a strategy that could lead a group of residential students to provide the information of proposed regular route, preferred crossing locations, and unsafe locations, all which would be the positively interactive process between designers and community people. The additional information regarding to the existing physical characteristics of traveling routes were also inputted and could be visualized through the application of GIS's Arcview Extension in Network Analyst. Then safe route was proposed as recommended route for residential students of both schools. The results of safe routes were to enhance the safety of traveling routes within study area. In addition, the analysis of student behaviors within school zone area was also performed, especially, crossing behaviors related to gap acceptances for crossing students. It was found that critical gaps of Kaen Na Korn School were 7 .23 sec at front gate and 6.21 sec at rear gate, which both values were represented as the gap length for crossing students in urban area. On the other hand, critical gap was found to be 11. 78 sec in front of the Ming Muang School which can be considered as the representative in suburban area. |
| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Transportation Engineering (TE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Yordphol Tanaboriboon |
| Examination Committee(s) | Pannapa Herabat ;Hanaoka, Shinya |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | AIT Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2004 |