Quantitative Measurement and Analysis on Walking Characteristics of Children in School Road Considering Road Environment

Abstract

This paper analyzed the relationships between street environments and children’s gait characteristics. This study uses plotting the point where the children passed the section of 20 meters in the school road. Through the data, we examined how the children’s gait and behaviors are changing and the points assign to mesh. The data were classified into 3 groups according to road width, and analyzed. The 3 main conclusions of this study are as follows: 1) In the third group a large width, the passage positions of children are concentrated and in the first group a small width, they are dispersed. 2) In the second group, the passage positions of children concentrate with increasing traffic volume. 3)Amount of movement of children on school road is large as compared to estimated shortest distance. And the amount of movement to the side where the boundary condition is released is large.