Abstract:China's current codes clearly stipulate that the vertical fundamental frequency of footbridges shall not be less than 3 Hz. However, due to the influence of their own structural characteristics, long-span footbridges are often difficult to meet this requirement.With reference to the German design of footbridges guideline(EN03—2007),it found that the method limiting vibration acceleration was more reasonable for the design of long-span footbridges. A simply-supported steel truss pedestrian bridge was taken as the engineering background in this paper. Based on the pedestrian load patterns specified in the EN03—2007 guideline, the structural vibration acceleration was analyzed and the comfort evaluation was conducted. The mass ratio and frequency ratio between the Tuned Mass Damper (TMD) and the main structure were optimized through parametric analysis.The calculated results indicate:The vibration reduction rate increases with the increase of the mass ratio of TMD, but the relationship is not linear; when the mass ratio exceeds 1.5%, the improvement amplitude of the vibration reduction rate decreases significantly. In contrast, the change of the frequency ratio of TMD has a minor impact on the vibration acceleration, and the optimization effect of vibration reduction is not obvious.Selecting a TMD with a mass ratio of 1.0% achieves a human-induced vibration reduction rate of 74.8% for the simply-supported steel truss footbridge, meeting the highest comfort level requirement specified by the EN03-2007 guideline.