Although there are numerous studies that explain how pedestrians behave, there remains a lack of experimental data on the various factors that can induce walking speed changes. It is important to continue experiments into this topic because, given that pedestrians receive information and select paths during indoor wayfinding in complicated buildings, their walking speed necessarily decreases. Furthermore, the majority of existing studies do not simultaneously explain changes in indoor wayfinding characteristics and in walking speed. To bridge this gap, we present results from an experimental study to indicate the effect that wayfinding at intersections within a building has on human walking speed. We analyzed changes in walking speed by intersection type and path selection direction (by conducting a maze experiment with 77 participants) to arrive at the following results: (a) Human walking speed decreases at intersections; (b) The change in walking speed depends on the type of the intersection and the path selection direction; (c) A multiple regression analysis can be used to model reduction in walking speed by intersection type and path selection direction. This study suggests that evacuation modeling should consider that wayfinding occurs when pedestrians select paths at intersections, which affects their walking speed.

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室内寻路时交叉路口的步行速度降低率：一项实验研究

尽管有大量研究解释了行人的行为，但仍缺乏有关各种因素的实验数据，这些因素可能会导致步行速度发生变化。继续对此主题进行实验很重要，因为鉴于行人在复杂建筑物中的室内寻路过程中会收到信息并选择路径，他们的步行速度必然会降低。此外，大多数现有研究并未同时解释室内寻路特性和步行速度的变化。为了弥合这一差距，我们提供了一项实验研究的结果，以表明建筑物交叉口处的寻路对人类步行速度的影响。我们分析了交叉路口类型和路径选择方向的步行速度变化（通过与77名参与者进行迷宫实验）得出以下结果：（a）交叉路口的人的步行速度下降；（b）步行速度的变化取决于交叉路口的类型和路径选择方向；（c）多元回归分析可用于通过交叉点类型和路径选择方向来模拟步行速度的降低。这项研究表明，疏散模型应该考虑到行人在交叉路口选择道路时会发生寻路，这会影响他们的步行速度。（c）多元回归分析可用于通过交叉点类型和路径选择方向来模拟步行速度的降低。这项研究表明，疏散模型应该考虑到行人在交叉路口选择道路时会发生寻路，这会影响他们的步行速度。（c）多元回归分析可用于通过交叉点类型和路径选择方向来模拟步行速度的降低。这项研究表明，疏散模型应该考虑到行人在交叉路口选择道路时会发生寻路，这会影响他们的步行速度。