Crowd movement studies often use controlled conditions and participants without disabilities. While this approach is reliable, it does not fully reflect real-world conditions and the influence of physical ability as well as secondary tasks. This study examined how these factors affect the headway-speed relationship in single-file movement, including pedestrians and two wheelchair users. Participants followed an experimenter and sometimes engaged in a secondary task (using a phone). Results showed that wheelchair users maintained a constant speed and kept longer minimal headway compared to pedestrians. The secondary tasks did not affect the headway-speed relationship. More research is needed on the implications of mobility profiles and secondary tasks for pedestrian movement in diverse conditions.


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    Title :

    Wheelchair and Phone use During Single File Pedestrian Movement


    Additional title:

    Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering



    Conference:

    International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow ; 2022 ; Delhi, India October 08, 2022 - October 10, 2022



    Publication date :

    2024-05-26


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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