Pedestrian Simulation Research of Subway Station in Special Events

Abstract

Special events are an important part of our daily life. During the special events, the relative subway station will involve a large number of pedestrians converging in a short amount of time. So, whether pedestrian organization of subway station is prepared well enough should be evaluated in advance. The involvement of pedestrian simulation can compare and evaluate the scenarios and thus be able to improve the service quality of traffic facilities. In this paper, a process on how to make an organization scenario with the help of pedestrian simulation tools is given following a brief overview of the pedestrian model research. Then the legion 2006 studio was used to test the pedestrian traffic organization plans of a typical subway station involved during the Olympic Games. At last, some improvement measures were given based on the simulation results. KEYWORD: special events, pedestrian simulation, Legion BACKGROUND Special events are more and more common in our daily life. Because of a convergence of pedestrians in a short period of time and limited area, the pedestrians involved in special events are mostly encouraged to use public transport. During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, more than 60% of the audience selected public transportion. Gymnasiums are near the subway station, such as WUKESONG gymnasium. Whether the capacity of the facilities in the subway station is enough for the demand, whether the train timetable is suitable for such amounts of pedestrians, whether the temporary facility is required and how to set them are questions which should be solved in advance. But, due to the lack of historic demand and the unique character of each special event, the organization work is very complicated. Simulation tools can play an important role in such issues. They are able to provide some numerical indication of different scenarios. Also, they can provide intuitive answers for the questions mentioned above. This paper provides a process on how to make a decision with the help of simulation model. Firstly, a brief state-of-the-art overview of pedestrian model is presented. Then the pedestrian characteristics of subway stations during a special ICCTP 2009: Critical Issues in Transportation Systems Planning, Development, and Management ©2009 ASCE 1351