Research Article

Study on the Comfort of Pedestrians on Landscape Footpath Paved on the Suspension Monorail System

Table 2

Evaluation standard of pedestrian comfort.

Comfort classDegree of comfortAcceleration limit (m/s2)
VerticalLateral

CL1Maximum<0.5<0.1
CL2Medium0.5∼1.00.1∼0.3
CL3Minimum1.0∼2.50.3∼0.8
CL4Unacceptable discomfort>2.5>0.8