Interaction behaviour of active mobility users in shared footpath

• Main Author: Ang, Jer Lin
• Other Authors: Lum Kit Meng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177018
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Active mobility devices (AMDs), including personal mobility devices (PMDs), are rising in popularity in many countries around the globe. While PMDs have brought many benefits, their misuse has also resulted in numerous accidents. This has led many countries like Singapore to impose a blanket ban on riding PMDs on shared footpaths. One of the causes of the accidents may be attributed to narrow lane width resulting in a tight manoeuvring situation; however, Singapore's limited land space restricts the construction of wider lanes. To address this issue, effective infrastructural elements and regulations should be introduced to encourage the safe integration of PMDs. Hence, the objective of this research is to investigate possible infrastructural improvements and regulations with the hopes of reintegrating PMDs back onto shared footpaths. In this study, the infrastructural improvements and regulations discussed are signages, speed cameras, light indicators on PMDs, publicity and education, speed guns, fines and licenses. A perception survey was used to collect data from 200 respondents in Singapore and then analysed using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test on their statistical significance. Results signified that all of the proposed measures, except signages and publicity, garnered statistically significant agreement from cyclists regarding their effectiveness in enhancing the safety of both cyclists and PMDs. Among all the proposed measures, the implementation of fines received the highest proportion of agreement among respondents. These findings provide insights into cyclists’ perspectives on infrastructural improvements and regulations that can increase their safety and promote the coexistence with PMD users on shared footpaths.