Modes of Pedestrians’ Behavior in Way-finding under Limited Time

• Main Authors: Li-Hsuan Chou, 周澧璇
• Other Authors: Cing -Yuan Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45hd6w

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 建築系 === 100 === With its transition from a single-purpose to present multi-purpose structure, Taipei Station has posed a great challenge for travelers wishing to get where they want in as short a time as possible. The causes behind the phenomenon is that there have been more exits and entrances added to various structure levels and there is growing complexity and overlapping in its direction signs. In order to arrive at a statistically accurate research result as to whether different age groups’ behavior and modes of thinking in way-finding are affected when travelers are put under time pressure, this study is conducted employing principles based on Gestalt Psychology, Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory and Cattell’s theory of fluid intelligences and crystallized intelligences. What comes up as an ending result of the study is established and supported by quantified data derived by analyzing questionnaires and by using quality research method in behavior patterns in the hope of firstly, establishing a valid relativity between theoretical assessment and practical results; secondly, forming a comparison between the mind map and the real action and lastly, offering an interpretation as to real behavioral patterns based on the analysis of questionnaires issued and recollected for the study. Findings in the wake of this study are listed as below: (1)Time pressure does affect people’s way-finding behavior, especially for those late in their adult life, who incline to go up to the surface level in as short a time as possible in order to be sure of their related location to the destination. (2)Of all age groups, teenagers spend the least time on finding their way to where they want to get. (3)There is a low ratio between travelers’ mind map and their practical way-finding behavior. (4)Senior citizens are comparatively less capable of making an effective plan of finding their route by using the map provided. (5)Youngsters view the settings in this area, though varied in style, are sufficiently easy for them to identify; in contrast, people in mid-life or older respond by saying there is an enormous similarity among the settings, which poses difficulty for identification.