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) Pedestrian Congestion: Dynamic Streetscape Design approach

for the Baguio Public Market Pedestrian Mall
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY.
The presidentia of Baguio was first established in the house of the Campulet at the
top of the new Tabacalera road at the lower end of Guisad Valley. Later, the
presidentia of Baguio was moved to the present site of the Baguio City Hall. The
Spaniards were able to establish order, built churches ,schools and trails. In 1900
the Americans established their government. This was the first provincial
government to be established in the Philippines and this happened a year prior to
the inauguration of the civil government of the Philippines. Business in the city
flourished with commercial centers put up. Baguio was a newly established
township in the Northern Luzon highlands. The Baguio Market then served a small,
multi-cultural community.
The market fire in 1970 and the subsequent demolition of the Stone Market stand
out in the memory of Baguio residents who witnessed these. A major fire on Feb. 19,
1970 gutted all the stalls at the Stone Market and the Dry Goods Section. Only a
year earlier, on Feb. 25, 1969, the city had entered into an agreement with a private
corporation to build a new public market building. The whole stretch of Magsaysay
avenue is also refurbished, adding four (4) overpass connecting two sides of the
avenue, traffic islands, pedestrian lanes and fences.
This study is a case study and combined strategy for improvement of
safety ,convinience and security. A documentatin and analyzation of pedestrian
circulation as the basis of standards for pedestrian planning and design in the
philippines.
Location of the Study area
a.) To check the causes of pedestrian congestion and vehicular traffic and
how it relates
b.) To know the behavior of people towards the present Level of Service of
the area.
c.) To propose some solution to control and minimize pedestrian congestion.
d.) To give pedestrian walking convenient, safe and secure.

Figure 1: Map showing the study area

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Pedestrian movement is diverted due to conflict of access and interference of
circulation due to ineffective weather protection during heavy rains and from other
street components such as overpass stairs, encroachment of vending to public
service area, Insufficient drop off /loading/parking delivery and garbage collection
areas. This leads to other pedestrian long and short term problems influencing
health, convenience and perceptual degree specially for PWDs.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The data that will be provided by the study presents the current condition and Level
of service of the Pedestrian street. This involves municipal, business and community
groups that can help establish clear design objectives that are responsive to the
requirements of the stakeholders.
This study can help to determine which proposals are feasable under which
circumtances and to survey and map the alternatives. The formulated design
concept approach will facilitate the activities of the pedestrian community in
functional, economic,social and environmental objective of the city.
CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY

This requires quantitative and qualitative research that requires collection of

basic data aboput the study area, including physical features, land use,
characteristics of daily pedestrian population. The inventory of land use should
include the location and classification of all buildings, streets and transportation
services.
The physical inventory of the study area includes the plan and dimensions of
the street and sidewalk. Street regualtions includes traffic regualtions,signs, and
vehicular traffic volumes. The sidewalk inventory should show the dimensions of
building and entrances, vehicle stops, location of public furniture and regulations
that restrict the sidewalk effeciency.
Ideally, all pedestrian walking trips should be determined by inventory ,
including their origins and destinations, trip purposes, time of day, and volumes. In
larger pedestrian networks this information is difficult, if not impossible to obtain, so
that combinations of various sampling and analytic techniques are used to develop
this data. These techniques include cordon counts, origin and destination surveys,
pedestrian density surveys by aerial photography, and mathematical modeling.
( Fruin, Time Saver standards for urban Design.2003)
The results will be the basis for Architecture design schemes and solutions
that will be discussed and brainstormed by the group.
Reference:
Watson D. et. al (2003) Time saver tandards for urban design. New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.