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Simulation of interactions of road vehicles and pedestrians at public transport nodes: Pilot study 

  • a Antonín Suk ,
  • b Jakub Hora, 
  • c Josef Bulíček
  • a,b,c University of Pardubice, Faculty of Transport Engineering, Studentská 95, CZ-532 10, Pardubice, Czech
Cite as
Suk A., Hora J., and Bulíček J. (2022).,Simulation of interactions of road vehicles and pedestrians at public transport nodes: Pilot study. Proceedings of the 34th European Modeling & Simulation Symposium (EMSS 2022). , 048 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2022.emss.048

Abstract

The paper focuses on the specific dynamics between pedestrians and road vehicles observed at the public transport nodes. The emphasis is on the organization of traffic flows in terminals or locations with interchange stops. There are specific situations that occur in such cases as increased pedestrians’ demand for crossing by bus arrival or change of periods with rush and low traffic (in the case of almost collective arrival or departure of more buses to/from a node). The study is conceived as a pilot study; 
emphasis is therefore put on the definition of a set of such situations and on the assessment of the basic attributes influencing them. This is also the reason why the study deals with only a limited number of public transport nodes; crucial is the design of the nodes and their functional links. This study aims to define these interactions and provide an input framework that allows modeling/simulating the mentioned situations. Stochastic models will be developed on two levels – level of microsimulation using PTV Vissim and mesoscopic simulation represented by own designed model using Visual Basic for Applications and dedicated especially to testing of newly modeled situations. 

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