Evaluating pedestrian crossing speed distribution: A case study of Shah Alam

In order to promote the use of public transportation, the accessibility and connectivity to the station has to be emphasized closely. One of the key components is pedestrian crossing facility. The design has implications to address access and egress along with pedestrian usage, sighting issues, close access to alternative crossings and destination of the users. The increasing number of pedestrians with different behaviour creates problems of interaction. The pedestrians are influence by each other in their walking behaviour either with mutual or reciprocal action. This study aims to assess the pedestrian crossing speed distribution. Based on the observation male pedestrians walk faster than females when crossing the road. A comparison of group size of pedestrians, walking speed as a single pedestrian is higher compared to walking in group. Besides, there is a significant difference in speed distribution curve for pedestrian crossing while doing some activities. It is interesting to observe that the speed of pedestrian carrying some loads is higher than the speed of pedestrian without carrying any loads.