Willingness to walk in underground space – evidence from Singapore

Abstract

Research on the environmental factors in promoting longer walks has focussed on the outside environment. This research concerns factors in the willingness to walk (WTW) in underground space, in a tropical climate, that of Singapore. Participants were accompanied on a pre-determined itinerary and responded to a questionnaire at intervals on perceptions of their experience and their willingness to continue walking. Several environmental factors were related to WTW. Participants ranked corridor width and the volume of pedestrians as the most important factors in comfort. Although WTW observed a distance-decay function as expected, there were restoration episodes across the participant group, strongly suggesting conditions that enable longer walks in underground space.

Investigating Tourists’ Willingness to Walk (WTW) to Attractions within Scenic Areas: A Case Study of Tongli Ancient Town, China

“…Tourists' willingness to walk (WTW), as an analogy of consumers' willingness to pay [12,13], is essential to explain tourists' choice behavior in pedestrian-oriented scenic areas, especially when the cost for tickets was pre-paid before entrance. Some recent studies have investigated people's WTW to bus stops [14], transportation hubs [15], and underground space [16], pointing out that the WTW directly influence people's demand patterns and usages of facilities. However, very few studies have applied the concept of WTW to tourists' intra-destination choice, in which choices of attractions are related to each other and tourists' preferences are heterogeneous according to individual characteristics.…”