Improvement of Road Layout and Safety in an Urban Environment: Towards a Pedestrian-Friendly Street Corniche of Alexendria as a Case Study

ABSTRACTMore than a million people are killed on the world's roads each year. Despite this grim number, some urban transport development policies are looking for increasing automobile use in towns and cities while turning a blind eye towards all forms of public or non-automotive transportation. The aim of this research is to gain better knowledge of how new road layout improvements influence pedestrian safety. It is focused primarily on the analysis of the development project of the Corniche (i.e. coastal path) of Alexandria. New evaluation needs to analyze how this development influence pedestrian safety which is why a methodology has been defined based on several existing approaches: (a) Evaluation of pedestrian safety problems: quantitative approach and qualitative approach; and (b) analyzing of new practices arising from this improvement project. The research demonstrates the need to evaluate road layout improvements that may involve changes in practices that generate new road safety problems, particularly for pedestrians.