A fact from Preferred walking speed appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 January 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Anthropology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Anthropology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.AnthropologyWikipedia:WikiProject AnthropologyTemplate:WikiProject AnthropologyAnthropology articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Health and fitness, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of health and physical fitness related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Health and fitnessWikipedia:WikiProject Health and fitnessTemplate:WikiProject Health and fitnessHealth and fitness articles
Can we also get km/h speed conversions? Whilst ms-1 is fine for scientific literature, speeds are typically measured in km/h in metric nations, at least popularly. 60.242.48.18 (talk) 03:28, 6 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Speed is literally measured by comparing time and distance. Is the graph "Time spent to accomplish a distance decreases predictably with increasing speed." really necessary? 82.16.58.234 (talk) 03:44, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm surprised there is no mention of gravity or a natural pendulum rhythm. As bipeds, we must balance on one leg while the other leg is moved. The free leg being moved will naturally move like a pendulum. The rate at which a pendulum moves is determined by its length and the strength of gravity. This naturally determines a walking speed given a typical stride length. Importantly, and also contradicting the article, it also means that slower speeds require more energy, because the walker must counter the pendulum motion. Victor Engel (talk) 15:05, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]