- Author
- Kinsey, M. J. | Galea, E. R. | Lawrence, P. J.
- Title
- Extended Model of Pedestrian Escalator Behavior Based on Data Collected Within a Chinese Underground Station.
- Coporate
- University of Greenwich, London, England
- Book or Conf
- Human Behavior in Fire. International Symposium, 4th. Proceedings. July 13-15, 2009, Interscience Communications Ltd., London, England, Cambridge, UK, 173-182 p., 2009
- Keywords
- human behavior | evacuation | evacuation time | high rise buildings | human response | escalators | data analysis | time | stairways | people movement | methodology | human factors engineering | data sets | World Trade Center | human factors engineering
- Identifiers
- buildingEXODUS; pedestrian escalator behavior collected in an underground station in Shanghai, China; World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; micro-level pedestrian dynamics on and around escalators; different levels of congestion at the base of the stair/escalator; non-congested escalator/stair users; congested escalator/stair users; proportion of walkers and riders; side preference for escalator users during the non-rush hour period; walker speeds; Total Evacuation Time (TET); Cumulative Wait Time (CWT); results for escalator evacuation demonstration scenarios