Method to estimate the speed and density of the pedestrian sidewalk

Abstract

This paper describes the models of fundamental characteristics for pedestrian flow movement. The actual data were investigated in Bangkok, Thailand. A sidewalk in the CBD in Bangkok is separated into six sub-sections in order to model the density-speed relationships. Nonlinear weights of instant density are assumed equal for each case for this study. The authors found that multi sub-sections analysis increase accuracy of speed-density-travel time relationship more than single section analysis but there is limitation of section separation. The final section of sidewalk does not give a significant impact on the speed of the whole section.