Influence of pedestrians` behavior on the scenario of urban streets public spaces functional zoning

Abstract

The article is devoted to the research issue of comfortable urban environment formation due to the development of pedestrian spaces of city streets. The purpose of this article is to find new approaches to the functional planning organization of pedestrian zones of city streets. The study is based on a systematic analysis of data from a full-scale survey of the existing condition of Moscow city streets. During the experimental study of 450 sections of pedestrian spaces of streets, 4 groups of object filling of the public space of a city street were identified for the use of the territory: transit movement, long stay, short-term stop, maintenance of street territories, and 4 scenarios of user behavior corresponding to them: movement, stop, stay and absence of action. A matrix of functional organization of public spaces of city streets has been developed, which determines the possibility of placing 8 microzones with various functions and object content on the territory of the public space of a city street, depending on the scenario of its use. Differentiation of the street area will improve the quality of the urban environment by creating safe and comfortable pedestrian spaces for different groups of users.