Context:

The most important macroscopic variable of pedestrian flow is walking speed, this analyzes the behavior and operating conditions of a facilitie. In the present study, we established whether there is a statistically significant difference between temporary mean speeds for three types of infrastructures and two types of users.

Methodology:

We measure the time it takes a pedestrian to travel a pre-established distance in each of the 3 contemplated facilities: stairs, platform of a pedestrian bridge and a sidewalk on a level grade located in the city of Tunja, Colombia, we classify to users according to gender and direction of circulation.

Results:

The mean temporal velocity on the stairs, for women, is 0.81 m / s upward and 0.72 m / s downward. As for men, the mean temporal velocity was 0.81 m / s in both directions of circulation. In relation to the platform and the sidewalk, we find that the temporal average speed of women is lower than that of men.

Conclusions:

In the upward movement direction, we find that there is no statistically significant difference between men and women, otherwise, to what is established for the downward movement direction. Comparing the temporal average speed determined for the two sections of the pedestrian bridge, with the temporary average speed of the sidewalk, we find that there is a statistically significant difference, which is why it is necessary to characterize the behaviors separately in each section at the time of designing. or do work at a pedestrian facility.