A cellular automata approach for modelling pedestrian-vehicle mixed traffic flow in urban city

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Main Authors: Wang, Jinghui, Lv, Wei, Jiang, Yajuan, Huang, Guangchen
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author Wang, Jinghui
Lv, Wei
Jiang, Yajuan
Huang, Guangchen
author_facet Wang, Jinghui
Lv, Wei
Jiang, Yajuan
Huang, Guangchen
contents In urban streets, the intrusion of pedestrians presents significant safety challenges. Modelling mixed pedestrian-vehicle traffic is complex due to the distinct motion characteristics and spatial dimensions of pedestrians and vehicles, making unified modelling difficult, with few studies addressing these issues. This paper employs a multi-grid cellular automata model to bridge the gap between vehicle and pedestrian models. An Improved Kerner-Klenov-Wolf (IKKW) model and a pedestrian motion model that incorporates Time-To-Collision (TTC) are introduced. Both models update the spatial motions of vehicles and pedestrians uniformly. Empirical analysis indicates that the model achieves high simulation accuracy. This model effectively illustrates the impact of pedestrian intrusion within mixed traffic scenario. The fundamental diagram of heterogeneous traffic reveals substantial differences, highlighting the effects of pedestrian intrusion on traffic flow states and identifying six phase regions in mixed traffic. Additionally, this paper examines conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles under varying speed limits and sidewalk widths, demonstrating that lower speeds and broader sidewalks significantly reduce the frequency of pedestrian-vehicle conflicts. Notably, the frequency of peak conflicts at a vehicle speed limit of 60.48 km/h is more than three times higher than at 30.24 km/h. This model offers a potential approach to studying mixed traffic flows and exhibits substantial scalability.
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spellingShingle A cellular automata approach for modelling pedestrian-vehicle mixed traffic flow in urban city
Wang, Jinghui
Lv, Wei
Jiang, Yajuan
Huang, Guangchen
Physics and Society
In urban streets, the intrusion of pedestrians presents significant safety challenges. Modelling mixed pedestrian-vehicle traffic is complex due to the distinct motion characteristics and spatial dimensions of pedestrians and vehicles, making unified modelling difficult, with few studies addressing these issues. This paper employs a multi-grid cellular automata model to bridge the gap between vehicle and pedestrian models. An Improved Kerner-Klenov-Wolf (IKKW) model and a pedestrian motion model that incorporates Time-To-Collision (TTC) are introduced. Both models update the spatial motions of vehicles and pedestrians uniformly. Empirical analysis indicates that the model achieves high simulation accuracy. This model effectively illustrates the impact of pedestrian intrusion within mixed traffic scenario. The fundamental diagram of heterogeneous traffic reveals substantial differences, highlighting the effects of pedestrian intrusion on traffic flow states and identifying six phase regions in mixed traffic. Additionally, this paper examines conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles under varying speed limits and sidewalk widths, demonstrating that lower speeds and broader sidewalks significantly reduce the frequency of pedestrian-vehicle conflicts. Notably, the frequency of peak conflicts at a vehicle speed limit of 60.48 km/h is more than three times higher than at 30.24 km/h. This model offers a potential approach to studying mixed traffic flows and exhibits substantial scalability.
title A cellular automata approach for modelling pedestrian-vehicle mixed traffic flow in urban city
topic Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.06282