. Evaluation of the pedestrian environment in a Brazilian medium-sized city: case study of Bauru - Brazil Renata Cardoso Magagnin Ph.D. Professor, São Paulo State University, Brazil Caroline Bramigk Vanderlei Undergraduate at Architecture and Urbanism, São Paulo State University, Brazil Fabiana Tamiko Chikitani Architect and Urban Planner, São Paulo State University, Brazil ABSTRACT Over the last decades, experts and local decision makers have incorporated in discussions about urban development the accessibility theme. The approval of international and national legislation has helped to ensure improvement in the quality of life for people with partial or total restriction of mobility. However, many cities cannot yet be considered affordable, because many of their public spaces still have numerous physical impediments that hinder the movement of a large number of users. Faced with this reality, this paper aims to present a research conducted between the years 2010 to 2012, in the city of Bauru - medium-sized city located in the Midwest region of São Paulo State (Brazil), whose focus was to analyze the infrastructure for pedestrian circulation in two major structural highways: Getúlio Vargas Avenue and Duque de Caxias Avenue, and identify what are the major problems related to urban accessibility in these places under the users’ point of view. The results obtained in this research have led to the following conclusions: i) although the city has a legislation to make it an affordable and sustainable city for all, the spaces aimed at pedestrians implemented along the major walkways are not accessible to all users of the city ii) the indicators allowed to identify which are the most important issues affecting the use of these places, and iii) the problems can contribute to municipal public policies, aimed at providing a better quality of life for users. 1. INTRODUCTION Currently, cities have privileged the use of the individual motorized transport and the construction of infrastructure for them means the detriment of the non-motorized and more sustainable modes, such as “on foot” and “by bicycle” (Dennis, 2007; Magagnin, 2009; Newman et. all, 1995). The fast process in urban and industrial growth occurring in emerging countries (or the ones in development) has contributed to the increasing dependency on the use of motorized individual transport. This growth associated with public policies to encourage the automobile industry has been contributing to the increased car dependency in Brazil