In research, policy making and implementation concerning the safe mobility and the quality of life of pedestrians is a rather neglected issue. The difficulties arising from long neglect are so substantial that new research activities and innovative approaches are needed to build on the available knowledge and to further develop the insights gained from earlier projects in order to make a difference to pedestrian conditions in towns and villages in Europe and elsewhere. The main objective of the project is to provide an essential contribution to systems knowledge of pedestrians' quality needs, thus stimulating structural and functional interventions, policy making and regulation to support walking conditions throughout the EU and other involved countries. In transport and traffic safety sciences a comprehensive, integrated systems approach is now the state-of-the-art. This project will follow that path to determine pedestrians' quality needs (PQN) with regard to physical and social environments, the transport system, and policy making and implementation for a safe and healthy mobility of pedestrians. The project will be conducted from three perspectives: functionality; perception; durability and future prospects. Special attention will be given to the coherence and integration of these perspectives. The focus will be on pedestrians' quality needs with regard to the strategic, tactical and operational levels of travel and sojourn decisions of pedestrians, particularly in city outskirts. For the covering abstract see ITRD E138952. This paper is available from http://www.ictct.org/workshops/06-Minsk/Methorst.pdf.
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