Abstract
In this study the influence of the interaction characteristics on operational walking dynamics within a crowd is investigated. This paper specifically studies the influence of the distance headway, time headway, angle of sight, angle of interaction, the walking speed and the number of pedestrians located nearby on a pedestrians’ change in speed and direction. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first time that the combined effect is quantified of the characteristics of the interactions between pedestrians on the operational walking dynamics of pedestrians. The walking speed and number of pedestrians in close proximity are found to influence the adaptation of speed as well as direction. The other characteristics of the interaction affect either the change in speed (i.e. distance headway and interaction angle) or the change in direction (i.e. time headway and angle of sight). The results of this study provide a strong indication that the density experienced by pedestrians is not the only characteristic of the crowd affecting pedestrians’ operational walking dynamics. Consequently, also the other characteristics of the interaction will need to be taken into account in pedestrian flow theory and simulation models in order to correctly model crowd movements.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board |
| Pages | 1 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board: Transportation Innovation: Leading the Way in an Era of Rapid Change - Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, United States Duration: 8 Jan 2017 → 12 Jan 2017 Conference number: 96 http://www.trb.org/AnnualMeeting/AnnualMeeting.aspx |
Conference
| Conference | 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board |
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| Abbreviated title | TRB 96th anual meeting |
| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Washington |
| Period | 8/01/17 → 12/01/17 |
| Other | The meeting program will cover all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in over 800 sessions and workshops, addressing topics of interest to policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions |
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Keywords
- operational walking dynamics
- linear regression model
- interaction behaviour
- crowd movements
- velocity adaptation