Properties of static pedestrian routes and pedestrian routing decisions

• The static pedestrian route starts at a pedestrian routing decision of the type Pedestrian Route (Static).
• Multiple pedestrian routing decisions may also be located in one area.
• Static pedestrian routes guide pedestrians from an area with a pedestrian input and the first route location of a pedestrian route (a red circle by default) as part of the pedestrian routing decision to an area with the destination of the pedestrian route (a turquoise circle by default).
• Several pedestrian routes may run from the first pedestrian routing decision of a static pedestrian route to different areas. The number of pedestrians (static) is defined by the Relative volume attribute. It does not depend on the dynamic status in the simulation.
• A static pedestrian route can also run back to the area from where it started.
• In Viswalk, pedestrian inputs, static pedestrian routing decisions and static pedestrian routes define a pedestrian OD matrix that remains unchanged. Therefore, pedestrians arrive at the destination of their static pedestrian route and are not influenced by other static routing decisions in areas that they pass in the course of their pedestrian route. Only if there is a route location of a static pedestrian route and a partial pedestrian routing decision in one of these areas, this may have an impact on the pedestrian's remaining route.
• In addition, static pedestrian routing decisions have an effect on areas for which the Platform edge attribute is selected.
• If a time distribution is assigned to the destination area, pedestrians who do not choose another static route within this area will not wait.

Consideration of the pedestrian routing decision

A pedestrian routing decision only affects the pedestrians of the pedestrian classes that are assigned to it and that do not yet have a pedestrian route.

If the pedestrian already travels on the pedestrian route, he can accept a new pedestrian route only under the following conditions:

• the pedestrian has reached the destination area of his pedestrian route
• there is a pedestrian routing decision in this destination area
• no pedestrian input is added to this destination area