Pedestrian dynamics at transit stations: an integrated pedestrian flow modeling approach

Figures & data

Figure 1. Illustration of the field of view concept as a function of the angle of sight and sight distance.

Table 1. Initially selected parameter sets.

	U	R	V	σ	Sight distance	No. of nearest obstacles
Literature values	10	0.2	2.1	0.3	10	2
High values	15	0.3	3.2	0.5	15	3
Low values	5	0.1	1	0.1	5	1

Table 2. Top performing parameter sets.

Scenario	U	R	V	σ	Sight distance	No. of nearest obstacles	Error
Bidirectional	10	0.2	3.2	0.5	15	3	1.16
Narrow bottleneck	15	0.2	2.1	0.5	10	2	1.51

Figure 2. Observed (left) and the simulated (right) trajectories.

Figure 3. (A) Bidirectional flow–density diagram from experimental data and (B) bidirectional flow–density diagram from simulation.

Figure 4. Narrow bottleneck flow–density diagram from simulation.

Figure 5. Transit station platform illustration.

Figure 6. (A) Trajectories from transit simulation and (B) density plot from transit simulation.