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.