| CROSS-DISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY |
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Interactions between Intersecting Pedestrian and Vehicle Flows on Roads |
| GUO Ren-Yong1**, GUO Xi2
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1College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021
2School of Public Administration, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021
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GUO Ren-Yong, GUO Xi 2011 Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 118903 |
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Abstract The crossing of vehicle flow by pedestrians at either signalized crosswalks or locations away from crosswalks is studied using a car-following model. The model process is constructed, and two safe criterions deciding whether pedestrians begin to cross a road and a rule stopping vehicles at a signal intersection are proposed. Numerical results indicate that the relations of both vehicles' and pedestrians' delays to the width of pedestrian arrival interval are nonlinear; careful pedestrians unnecessarily spend more time to cross a road than aggressive ones; pedestrians crossing near a traffic signal have more influence on their and vehicles' delays. When pedestrians are permitted to cross a road using the gaps between slow vehicles, their delay may increase.
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89.40.-a
45.70.Vn
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Received: 10 August 2011
Published: 30 October 2011
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| PACS: |
89.40.-a
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(Transportation)
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45.70.Vn
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(Granular models of complex systems; traffic flow)
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