The RP survey was conducted in districts of Shanghai to get the data of walking distance threshold, by asking residents′trip mode to particular destination and measuring of the actual walking distance between the destination and residents′shelter. Another questionnaire was carried out at Hongq?iao Transportation Hub to get the acceptable walking time. According to the data of walking distance and acceptable walking time, combining skewed distribution methods and distance decay equation, relation?ship between reasonable walking distance and usage of walking was calculated and two walking distance thresholds were obtained. The results show that calculated according to the survey of acceptable walking time, the limited walking distance is 1 500 meters, which could be used in overall design phase of urban planning;calculated according to the survey of walking distance, the limited walking distance is 950 me?ters, which could be used in selecting the location of specific functional area and traffic connection mode;the 787m walking distance which corresponds to 10%walking cumulative utilization rate is cho?sen as reasonable walking distance threshold.