Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 264295, 9 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/264295
Research Article

Research on the Behavior Characteristics of Pedestrian Crowd Weaving Flow in Transport Terminal

Liya Yao,1 Lishan Sun,2 Zhiyong Zhang,2 Shuwei Wang,2 and Jian Rong2

1Department of Transport Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China
2Key Laboratory of Traffic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, 100 Pingleyuan, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100124, China

Received 27 April 2012; Revised 19 July 2012; Accepted 4 August 2012

Academic Editor: Wuhong Wang

Copyright © 2012 Liya Yao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

Due to the poor transfer organization in urban public transport terminal, pedestrian crowd are often forced to weaving in their transfer flow lines. Frequent weaving behaviors not only decrease passengers’ transfer comfort, but may also trigger serious crowd disaster such as trampling. In order to get accurate understanding of the weaving features of pedestrian crowd and analyze the relevant evolution law, researches have been conducted on the basis of field investigation. First, the typical weaving phenomenon were defined and classified, and a microscopic parameters system of pedestrian crowd weaving flow was constructed. The detection and quantification methods of multiple indicator parameters were also given. Then, correlation between different behavioral parameters was analyzed based on the survey data of weaving pedestrian crowd on the stairs of DongZhiMen (DZM) hub. The basic characteristics and evolution law of the weaving behaviors were then discussed, and conclusions were drawn.