Modelling Pedestrian Escalator Behaviour

Michael J. Kinsey (), Edwin R. Galea (), Peter J. Lawrence, Darren Blackshields, Lynn Hulse, Rachel Day and Gary Sharp
Additional contact information
Michael J. Kinsey: University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group
Edwin R. Galea: University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group
Peter J. Lawrence: University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group
Darren Blackshields: University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group
Lynn Hulse: University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group
Rachel Day: University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group
Gary Sharp: University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group

A chapter in Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008, 2010, pp 689-695 from Springer

Abstract: Summary This paper presents an escalator model for use in circulation and evacuation analysis. As part of the model development, human factors data was collected from a Spanish underground station. The collected data relates to: escalator/stair choice, rider/walker preference, rider side preference, walker travel speeds and escalator flow rates. The dataset provides insight into pedestrian behaviour in utilising escalators and is a useful resource for both circulation and evacuation models. Based on insight derived from the dataset a detailed microscopic escalator model which incorporates person-person interactions has been developed. A range of demonstration evacuation scenarios are presented using the newly developed microscopic escalator model.

Keywords: Fire Safety; Evacuation Time; Video Footage; Evacuation Model; Device Selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-04504-2_66

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783642045042

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04504-2_66

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().