Traffic routes bounded by shopping developments are frequently plagued by conditions which are undesirable to road users wishing to use them (Oluwoye 1988; Oluwoye and Zehner 1987; Black, Westerman and Kuiper 1987). In urban areas, the increase in the usage of vehicles has created problems such as traffic congestion, accidents and the difficulty experienced by pedestrians in attempting to cross the road. There is no better way to assess theory than to apply it to actual situations and real problems. The objectives of this paper are to provide a brief summary of the Land Use/Transport/Road Environment relationship and Friction/Impact issues along arterial road frontage and also to exhibit possible pedestrian generation on footpaths and vehicular traffic models. These empirical models yield some deterministic function dependency between vehicular traffic characteristics (i.e. Volume, Speed) and pedestrian generation on footpaths i.e. Left and Right. This model serves as an input to investigate an example of friction caused by the arterial road frontage and also illustrate the importance of the control of footpath space as a means of preserving the roads/road environments. (A)
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