A Case Study on the Walking Speed of Pedestrian at the Bus Terminal Area

Abstract

Walking speed is one of the factors in understanding the pedestrian walking behaviours. Every pedestrian has different level of walking speed that are regulated by some factors such as gender and age. This study was conducted at a bus terminal area with two objectives in which the first one was to determine the average walking speed of pedestrian by considering the factors of age, gender, people with and without carrying baggage; and the second one was to make a comparison of the average walking speed that considered age as the factor of comparison between pedestrian at the bus terminal area and crosswalk. Demographic factor of pedestrian walking speed in this study are gender and age consist of male, female, and 7 groups of age categories that are children, adult men and women, senior adult men and women, over 70 and disabled person. Data of experiment was obtained by making a video recording of the movement of people that were walking and roaming around at the main lobby for 45 minutes by using a camcorder. Hence, data analysis was done by using software named Human Behaviour Simulator (HBS) for analysing the data extracted from the video. The result of this study was male pedestrian walked faster than female with the average of walking speed 1.13m/s and 1.07m/s respectively. Averagely, pedestrian that walked without carrying baggage had higher walking speed compared to pedestrian that were carrying baggage with the speed of 1.02m/s and 0.70m/s respectively. Male pedestrian walks faster than female because they have higher level of stamina and they are mostly taller than female pedestrian. Furthermore, pedestrian with baggage walks slower because baggage will cause distractions such as pedestrian will have more weight to carry and people tend to walk slower.

Fuzzy-logic-based Walking Context Analysis for Visually Impaired Navigation

“…The literature shows that the walking speed of males is higher than that of females. (6) Therefore, gender is a significant factor that affects the walking speed of blind individuals. People who are older than 65 have a lower walking speed than their younger counterparts, (6) which shows that age affects the walking speed as well.…”

“…(6) Therefore, gender is a significant factor that affects the walking speed of blind individuals. People who are older than 65 have a lower walking speed than their younger counterparts, (6) which shows that age affects the walking speed as well. People walking with baggage have a lower walking speed than those walking without baggage.…”

“…People walking with baggage have a lower walking speed than those walking without baggage. (6,7) Pedestrians walking with a partner will have a lower walking speed than those walking alone, especially when they are accompanied by children. The height of individuals affects the walking speed, that is, tall people are considered to walk more speedily than their short counterparts.…”

“…The height of individuals affects the walking speed, that is, tall people are considered to walk more speedily than their short counterparts. (6,8) The above factors are generally derived from pedestrians regardless of their ability to gain visual information. Therefore, gender, age, and height can be considered as important factors affecting the walking speed of visually impaired and blind pedestrians.…”

“…Therefore, gender, age, and height can be considered as important factors affecting the walking speed of visually impaired and blind pedestrians. (6)(7)(8) The visual status of blind pedestrians also severely affects their walking speed. (9) The severity of the visual impairment (such as partially or fully blind) (9) and the length of time a person has been visually impaired/blind (such as blind from birth or a visual impairment occurring at a later age) can affect their navigation.…”