Measuring effectiveness of pedestrian facilities using a pedestrian simulation model

Seunjae Lee, Seunjun Lee, Shinhae Lee

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Abstract

Transport planners are increasingly focusing on pedestrian facilities in order to enhance public transportation usage and thereby develop sustainable transport systems. Despite becoming a key policy requirement, no tool is yet available to measure the effectiveness of pedestrian facilities, particularly in terms of their interaction with pedestrian movements. In this study, we have developed a pedestrian simulation model based on cellular automata (CA) techniques. This model has sufficient flexibility to measure the effectiveness of pedestrian facilities in terms of a level of service index based on their interaction with pedestrian movements. We investigated the model's ability to evaluate the effectiveness of different types of fence in a subway station, with the goal of reducing conflicting pedestrian movements in some highly congested areas.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2009 - International Conference, Proceedings
Pages413-425
Number of pages13
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventInternational Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2009 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 29 Jun 20092 Jul 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 1
Volume5592 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2009
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period29/06/092/07/09

Keywords

  • Cellular automata
  • Pedestrian facilities
  • Pedestrian simulation
  • Sustainable transport

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