A critical assessment of pedestrian behaviour models

Papadimitriou, E; Yannis, G; Golias, J

dc.contributor.author	Papadimitriou, E	en
dc.contributor.author	Yannis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Golias, J	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:29:32Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:29:32Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	1369-8478	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/19290
dc.subject	Crossing behaviour	en
dc.subject	Modelling	en
dc.subject	Pedestrians	en
dc.subject	Route choice	en
dc.subject.classification	Psychology, Applied	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation	en
dc.subject.other	Behaviour models	en
dc.subject.other	Critical assessments	en
dc.subject.other	Crossing behaviour	en
dc.subject.other	Disaggregation	en
dc.subject.other	Integrated approaches	en
dc.subject.other	Modelling	en
dc.subject.other	Modelling techniques	en
dc.subject.other	Pedestrians	en
dc.subject.other	Route choice	en
dc.subject.other	Route choice models	en
dc.subject.other	Urban areas	en
dc.subject.other	Crossings (pipe and cable)	en
dc.subject.other	Stochastic models	en
dc.title	A critical assessment of pedestrian behaviour models	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.trf.2008.12.004	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2008.12.004	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	This paper concerns a review and critical assessment of the existing research on pedestrian behaviour in urban areas, focusing on two separate yet complementary aspects: route choice and crossing behaviour. First, an exhaustive review of the existing route choice models for pedestrians is presented. It is shown that the existing models are mainly more stochastic and more macroscopic than required and seldom incorporate the interactions between pedestrians and traffic. Second, the existing models on pedestrians crossing behaviour are presented and assessed. It is shown that, although their approach is usually detailed, deterministic and traffic-oriented, they are mainly devoted to a local level behaviour and focus on only one type of all the potential determinants. Most importantly, these two complementary and possibly interdependent aspects of pedestrian behaviour are always examined separately. The results of this review reveal a lack of an overall and detailed consideration of pedestrian behaviour along an entire trip in urban areas. Moreover, the need for an integrated approach based on flexibility, disaggregation and more determinism is identified. Accordingly, a set of modelling techniques are discussed as a general framework for further research in the field. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD	en
heal.journalName	Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.trf.2008.12.004	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000266141400007	en
dc.identifier.volume	12	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	242	en
dc.identifier.epage	255	en