Transit users’ preferences for street infrastructure during daytime and night-time walking
通过视觉路径选择实验，研究贵阳公交用户对白天和夜间步行至地铁站时街道基础设施的偏好，发现窄车道、宽人行道和绿篱在白天受欢迎，而夜间更关注照明和监控。
Understanding how street infrastructure influences route choices during access and egress walking trips is essential to promoting pedestrian-oriented environments around urban rail transit (URT) stations and extending their catchment areas. This study employed a visual route-choice experiment with 651 transit users in Guiyang, China, using a mixed logit model (MXL) incorporating interactions between individual characteristics and route attributes to evaluate preferences for street infrastructure during daytime and night-time walking. Results indicate that pedestrians favor routes to metro stations with narrower driveways, wider pavements, and tree- or hedge-lined walkways in the daytime. Adequate lighting and improved natural and mechanical surveillance effectively mitigate night-time security concerns. Preference heterogeneity was further observed across gender, age, and primary travel mode. The visualized experiment provides empirical evidence for designing pedestrian-friendly streets that enhance walking comfort and safety, thereby supporting sustainable transit use.