Observation Study on Natural Walking in the Tokyo Metropolitan

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In this study, data on walking speed, step numbers, cadence of natural walking were collected and their relations to foot wear, clothing, Iuggage carried and time of the day as well as crowdedness were investigated. This survey was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1991. Six thousand three hundred and seventy nine walking people were observed from 10 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm. Ten students who were trained to observe the walking were employed for the data collection. The observed subjects were divided into three age groups, name{y young (less than 30 years), middle (31-60years) and elder (over 6lyears), and their age groups were decided by the students based on their appearance. For the analysis, they were further classified into male and female groups. The factors which affect walking speed, step number and cadence were taken into consideration. It was found that young people were more sensitive to their factors in their natural walking and old people showeci lower flexibility to these factors.