Abstract:The statistical methods and the scientific knowledge atlas software CiteSpace are used to analyze the literature information of CNKI and WOS walking research from 2012 to 2021. By analyzing the number of papers published over the years, the core journals, main authors and institutions are found out, and the research overview of the field is understood. Through the keyword frequency statistics and burst word detection, the hot spots and trends of walking research at home and abroad are analyzed. And the focus of pedestrian traffic is determined to be the "pedestrian crossing", "traffic safety", and pedestrian "intelligent transportation". Finally, through the literature reading, the research achievements and development trends of the three directions in recent years are summarized and sorted out.