The Study Of Pedestrian Environment In Subway Station Area In Peri-urban Neighborhood Of Beijing

In recent years, Beijing subways have become more and more important in urban construction and residents’ daily life along with the increase of subway lines. Subway lines extending to peri-urban area strengthened the relations between central urban area and fringes, which also promoted many activities of renewal and construction in the fringe areas. On the other side, the Transit-Oriented Development(TOD) pattern recently emerged as an hot issue in urban planning. Though it is well known that good pedestrian environment around subway stations can expand the subways’ service area as well as producing more social benefits, relevant researches focused more on the integration of land use and urban parttern, lacking empirical studies of pedestrian environment at micro level. Also, they paid more attention to the central areas other than the peri-urban areas.In order to improve the living condition of peri-urban neighborhood and make it a walkable place in subway station areas, the research is necessary on the current conditions and demands for pedestrian environment. This paper investigated the walkability of the subway station area in peri-urban neighborhood of Beijing, in the dimensions of physical environment and subjective feelings of residents. Data was collected through on-site inspections and questionnaire surveys to discover the effect of the built environment on pedestrian satisfaction at meso and micro levels.This paper studied three main contents. Firstly, it summed up the environmental factors around subway stations based on walking demands from accessibility, safety andcomfort. Secondly, it summarized the interactive processes of the developments of the peri-urban areas and subways in Beijing and the current conditions for walking around subway stations. Finally, it discussed the main factors influencing the walking experience through case study on three stations. The conclusion presented initial suggestions to improve the pedestrian environment around subway stations in the fringe areas based on previous results, which provides a planning reference to improve the urban vitality.