Pedestrian Flow Simulation Study at Main Entrance Square of Shanghai World Expo Park

Abstract:

Passenger flow of over 20 thousand in ShangNan Road Entrance Square (30 thousand square meters) of Shanghai World Expo Park was simulated by selfdeveloped passenger distribution simulation system.Pedestrian movement simulation model was established according to pedestrians’ admission characteristics which include random arrival and multistage controlled queue,irregular queue of various forms,and combination of queuing resting stage and walking dynamic stage.The model is composed of “behavior flow management layer” and “walking process control layer”,which can search route intelligently for passengers.Based on simulation results and queuing psychology,some suggestions were proposed on passenger flow organization,guiding facility layout,safe capacity of square and reasonable security inspection time.