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No, EnergyPlus is not used for Pedestrian Wind Analysis. You'll need a CFD software. For a good overview, see something on Bert Blocken's website, such as this

Application of computational fluid dynamics in building performance simulation for the outdoor environment: An overview

There are many CFD packages, I wont try to list them, nor judge whats best, two examples are

  1. DesignBuilder has a CFD capability
  2. For a free, opensource, CFD package, you could use OpenFOAM