| dc.description.abstract | This research project focused on the safety of the pedestrians at busy grade separations taking Kalerwe interchange as our case study. Kalerwe is generally a very busy trading centre and has an everyday operational market close to the road and is one of the closest areas to the city centre, this attracts various people to the area implying it is heavily congested and populated. Pedestrians using the crossings at the Kalerwe interchange find difficulties in crossing because of the increased chances of collision with vehicular traffic and motorcycles.
The Report has 4 Chapters, Chapter 1 is introduction, Chapter 2 is literature Review, Chapter 3 is methodology, Chapter 4 is Results and discussions and most of the data collection and analysis tables are attached under appendix.
The studies we carried out were; accident studies through administering questionnaires and road side interviews, traffic counts at the crossings, usage of the Pedestrian Bridge and speed studies for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Our findings from observations and data analysis show that indeed pedestrians are not safe at the interchange due to over speeding of vehicles, mixed traffic condition, careless road users, poor pedestrian crossing behaviors, poor visibility of road markings, un authorized road side parking. As an intervention, the study has come up with design of a tunnel model as a means of separating pedestrian traffic from vehicular traffic, proposed improvement in visibility of pedestrian crossings and recommend serious sensitization of all road users at the interchange by all the stake holders concerned with road safety.
We therefore strongly believe that if all these interventions can be implemented, the safety of pedestrians can be enhanced at the interchange, cases of pedestrian accidents will drastically reduce, congestion at the interchange will be reduced, pedestrian crossing time will be reduced, persons with disability will comfortably and easily cross the road and the overall beauty of the interchange will be enhanced. | en_US |
