TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Evaluating the Pedestrian Realm: Instrumental Rationality, Communicative Rationality and Phenomenology
JO  - Transportation
A1  - Stangl, Paul
SP  - 759
EP  - 775
VL  - 35
IS  - 6
N2  - Following the passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act in the USA, increased attention to pedestrian planning has led to the development of pedestrian plans, particularly at the metropolitan and municipal levels. This has raised the issue of how cities and metropolitan areas evaluate the walkability of the pedestrian realm and identify improvement projects. Three approaches to evaluating the pedestrian realm are examined: instrumental rationality, communicative rationality, and phenomenology. Case studies demonstrating the application of these approaches to the development of pedestrian plans are examined in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Portland, Oregon, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-4488
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11116-008-9175-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -