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.
Wheelchair and Phone use During Single File Pedestrian Movement
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow ; 2022 ; Delhi, India October 08, 2022 - October 10, 2022
2024-05-26
8 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Fundamental diagram , Heterogeneous crowds , Single file movement , Wheelchair user , Secondary task , Pedestrian movement Physics , Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics , Transportation Technology and Traffic Engineering , Mathematical Physics , Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics , Engineering
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