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Experimental Investigation of Pedestrian Queuing Behaviour

In: Traffic and Granular Flow '17

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  • Jiahua Zhang

    (The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering)

  • Miho Iryo-Asano

    (Nagoya University, Department of Environmental Engineering and Architecture)

  • Charitha Dias

    (The University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science)

Abstract

One key aspect of pedestrian dynamics is the pedestrian queuing behaviour particularly in front of bottlenecks. As previous studies have highlighted, features of pedestrian queues in front of different types of bottlenecks are considerably dissimilar. Insights into similarities and differences of pedestrian queuing behaviour for typical bottlenecks can be important for the planning and design of public walking space. However, no sufficient empirical studies have been carried out so far to examine the diversity of pedestrian queuing behaviour. In this study, a series of experiments were performed to explore the characteristics of pedestrian queue formations under different conditions. As the results suggest, pedestrians tend to form organized queues before bottlenecks with a clear pass control (e.g., service counters where only one person can be served once). Wider bottlenecks, capacity reductions and low service rates were found to motivate pedestrians to merge or overtake in the upstream of the bottleneck.

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  • Jiahua Zhang & Miho Iryo-Asano & Charitha Dias, 2019. "Experimental Investigation of Pedestrian Queuing Behaviour," Springer Books, in: Samer H. Hamdar (ed.), Traffic and Granular Flow '17, pages 177-185, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-11440-4_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11440-4_21
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