Impact Analysis of Individual Characteristics on Pedestrian Maximum Volume

Abstract:

Age, gender and luggage laden are selected as three factors of pedestrian individual characteristics. The influences of the three factors on personal space occupation and walking speed are analyzed. Accordingly the influence of the three factors on pedestrian maximum volume is studied by using the Legion simulation tool. The results show that age, gender and luggage laden have different influence on pedestrian maximum volume. With the increase of individual age, the maximum volume keeps the trend of decrease, especially the elderly pedestrian flow decreases by 23%~30% compared with the youth. The gender, however, has less influence, which is within 10%. The maximum volume has a remarkable reduction as the size of the luggage increases. The maximum volume of pedestrian flow carrying small luggage decreases by 35% compared to the pedestrian flow without luggage. Similarly, the pedestrian flow with medium luggage has a 60% reduction and the flow with large luggage has a 75% reduction compared to the pedestrian flow without luggage. Findings of this research are expected to enhance the knowledge of the relationship between pedestrian individual characteristics and pedestrian flow, and to be valuable for determining the capacity of facilities with different pedestrian compositions.