Enhancing Role of Guiding Signs Setting in Metro Stations with Incorporation of Microscopic Behavior of Pedestrians

Bin Lei, Jinliang Xu, Menghui Li, Haoru Li, Jin Li, Zhen Cao, Yarui Hao and Yuan Zhang
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Bin Lei: School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Jinliang Xu: College of Highway Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
Menghui Li: China Harbour Engineering Company Limited, Beijing 100027, China
Haoru Li: College of Highway Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
Jin Li: Department of Highway and Architecture, Shandong Transport Vocational College, Weifang 261206, China
Zhen Cao: School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Yarui Hao: School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
Yuan Zhang: School of Civil Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 21, 1-14

Abstract: In the metro operation environment, guiding signs provide direction and route conversion instructions to pedestrians. In metro stations with massive passenger flow, the rationality of sign setting would exert distinct effects on the efficiency of passenger flow. Currently, most studies on guiding signs focus on architecture, aesthetics and simulation. However, perspectives from humanization of pedestrian guidance signs such as pedestrian behavior needs and pedestrian cognition were seldom proposed. In this paper, the microscopic behavior characteristics data of pedestrians at different positions in typical metro stations were collected through pedestrian tracking experiments. After analyzing the characteristics of pedestrians’ microscopic behavior in metro stations, otherness of walking speed was found out among pedestrians in different types of passageways. The walking speed of pedestrians in closed-type passageways is higher than other types. Moreover, pedestrian speed at the stairs adjacent to the platform is higher than that at the stairs not adjacent to the platform. With the increase of crowd density, the change of walking speed of pedestrians can be represented by a unimodal curve. Finally, the key points of optimal setting of guiding signs in different regions and different periods were obtained according to the result analysis of the experiment. The research results of this paper can provide theoretical support and technical guidance for the optimal establishment of pedestrian guiding signs in metro stations with massive passenger flow.

Keywords: microscopic behavior; guiding signs; metro station; massive passenger flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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