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The purpose of this study is to identify main factors influencing pedestrian environment by evaluating and analyzing users' and merchants' satisfaction in the pedestrian environment of Seongan-ro, pedestrian-exclusive space of Cheongju City. This study was largely conducted in three stages. First of all, this study has previous studies regarding pedestrian environment of Seongan-ro. And then this study has carried out a survey related to users' satisfaction in the pedestrian environment. As for the contents of the questionnaire, there were 27 questions in total, such as 9 questions about safety, 10 questions about convenience, 6 questions about functionality of downtown and 1 question about the whole satisfaction. The final stage was the analysis and evaluation of questionnaires collected using Multiple Regression Analysis. As a result of the analysis, in the whole satisfaction, whereas users were satisfied with functionality of downtown, convenience, and safety in the role of satisfaction level, merchants with safety, functionality of downtown, and convenience. Merchants' satisfaction showed that safety was first, followed by functionality of downtown, convenience. Among the major factors influencing pedestrian environment, safety, convenience, and the functionality of downtown were statistically significant. Both user group and merchant group have shown that they are satisfaction levels were affect by the functionality of downtown.