Modeling area-based walking behavior

In their attributes, you can assign the following objects an area-based walking behavior:

• For elevators: area-based behavior in an elevator car and area-based behavior that sets in when the elevator car of defined elevator groups is exited (Attributes of elevator groups)
• Areas (Attributes of areas)
• Ramps & Stairs (Attributes of ramps and stairs, moving walkways and escalators)

A walking behavior type consists of (Defining walking behavior):

• desired speed that you assign with the pedestrian compositions
• parameters for the model of pedestrian dynamics, which you assign to the walking behavior and that are assigned to the pedestrian type

An area behavior type consists of (Defining area behavior types):

• one or more types of walking behavior
• the assigned pedestrian class per walking behavior
• the time interval
• the desired speed distribution

Consideration of walking behavior and area behavior types for overlapping network objects

If overlapping areas, ramps or pedestrian links are assigned different area behavior types with different walking behaviors, the following criteria in the specified order determine the walking behavior from which network object affects the pedestrian:

1.  The area, ramp or pedestrian link with the greater z position (tolerance 1 mm). The z-position is composed of the z-coordinate of the level and the z-offset of the network object. For ramps that run between levels, the z-position depends on the geometry of the ramp and the position of the pedestrian.

2.  The area, ramp or pedestrian link that modify the current walking behavior by an area behavior type or a desired speed factor. This is always the case for ramps.

3.  Areas with a smaller 2D-surface area.

4.  Pedestrian links are preferred over pedestrian areas. Pedestrian areas are preferred over ramps.

5.  The object with the smaller number.