Congestion Evaluation of Pedestrians in Metro Stations Based on Normal-Cloud Theory
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Abstract
This study aims at evaluating the congestion level of pedestrians in metro stations. Twelve hours (4 h × three facilities) of video data were collected in the channel, stairway, and platform in a metro station in the city of Ningbo, China. The indicator of GPC (grade of pedestrian crowd) was proposed to quantify the congestion level of pedestrians. Four levels of congestion (level I, level II, level III, and level IV) were determined based on the GPC. A normal-cloud (NC) model was proposed and calibrated for the evaluation of three facilities including channel, stairway, and platform. The evaluation results showed that the GPC of L1-L2 and L2-L1 in channel are level II and level I, respectively. The GPC of upward and downward of stairway are level III and level I. The GPC of platform is level IV. Crowd management countermeasures were proposed for the management of pedestrians in metro station.
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OpenAlex topics: Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Traffic and Road Safety
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Affiliations
School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Ningbo University of Technology, Fenghua Rd. #201, Ningbo 315211, China
College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Caoan Rd. #4800, Shanghai 201804, China
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou #2, Nanjing 210096, China
School of Economics and Management, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Faculty of Maritime and Transportation, Ningbo University, Fenghua Rd. #818, Ningbo 315211, China
Funding
Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province · Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province · Educational Science Planning of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department · Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipality · Humanities and Social Science Research Program of Ministry of Education in China · Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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