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Understanding physical distancing compliance behaviour using proximity and survey data: A case study in the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic

van Schaik, L. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Hoekstra, Jan Willem (author), Daamen, W. (author), Gavriilidou, A. (author), Krishnakumari, P.K. (author), Rinaldi, M. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Physical distancing has been an important asset in limiting the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to assess compliance with physical distancing and to evaluate the combination of observed and self-reported data used. This research shows that it is difficult to operationalize new rules, that context affects...

journal article 2024

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Studying the impact of lighting on the pedestrian route choice using Virtual Reality

van Beek, A.H.N. (author), Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Efficient crowd management is essential for optimizing the performance of pedestrian infrastructures, either in terms of crowd flow or pedestrian levels of safety and comfort. This study investigates the impact of one type of crowd management measure, namely lighting, on pedestrian behavior. Using Virtual Reality experiments, the impact of...

journal article 2024

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Bicycle Data-Driven Application Framework: A Dutch Case Study on Machine Learning-Based Bicycle Delay Estimation at Signalized Intersections Using Nationwide Sparse GPS Data

Yuan, Y. (author), Wang, Kaiyi (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Lindeman, Rick (author)

Data-driven approaches are helpful for quantitative justification and performance evaluation. The Netherlands has made notable strides in establishing a national protocol for bicycle traffic counting and collecting GPS cycling data through initiatives such as the Talking Bikes program. This article addresses the need for a generic framework to...

journal article 2023

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Wayfinding behaviour in a multi-level building: A comparative study of HMD VR and Desktop VR

Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Virtual Reality (VR) provides the possibility to study pedestrian wayfinding behaviour in multi-level buildings. Although VR has been applied increasingly to study pedestrian behaviour, it has remained unclear how different VR technology would affect behavioural outcomes in a multi-level building. The study compares the adoption of different VR...

journal article 2022

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Development and evaluation of a VR research tool to study wayfinding behaviour in a multi-story building

Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Although understanding wayfinding behaviour in complex buildings is important to ensure pedestrian safety, the state of the art predominantly investigated pedestrian movement in simplified environments. This paper presents a Virtual Reality tool – WayR, that is designed to investigate pedestrian wayfinding behaviour in a multi-story building...

journal article 2022

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Neural network model for predicting variation in walking dynamics of pedestrians in social groups

Sun, Shi (author), Sun, Cheng (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Pedestrian spaces are increasingly becoming popular locations for shopping, recreation, festivities, and other social activities. Therefore, an improved understanding of the factors that make walking environments enjoyable and safe is essential. Most existing studies focus on modelling walking behaviours of individual pedestrians. However,...

journal article 2022

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Deviation of Pedestrian Path due to the Presence of Building Entrances

Sun, Shi (author), Sun, Cheng (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Commercial areas, especially urban ones with numerous buildings, are becoming increasingly prone to congestion because of their popularity. Visual inspections show that interactions between pedestrians and building entrances affect the distribution of pedestrian trajectories, which influences the utility of pedestrian spaces and the design of...

journal article 2021

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Using virtual reality to study pedestrian exit choice behaviour during evacuations

Feng, Y. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Exit choice is vital to pedestrians’ survival during evacuations. This paper presents the results of a VR experiment and a field experiment to study pedestrian exit choice behaviour during evacuations. Primarily, we compared pedestrian exit choice behaviour with a VR experiment and a field experiment to determine the ecological validity of a...

journal article 2021

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Game theoretical framework for bicycle operations: A multi-strategy framework

Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author), Gavriilidou, A. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Duives, D.C. (author)

This paper presents a novel microscopic modelling framework for bicycle flow operations. The modelling principles are based on similar principles successfully applied in our previous work on pedestrian and vessel flow. The main contributions of the paper are in the extension towards modelling cyclists that has not been proposed in literature...

journal article 2021

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Trip chain complexity: a comparison among latent classes of daily mobility patterns

Schneider, F. (author), Ton, D. (author), Zomer, L. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

This paper studies the relationship between trip chain complexity and daily travel behaviour of travellers. While trip chain complexity is conventionally investigated between travel modes, our scope is the more aggregated level of a person’s activity-travel pattern. Using data from the Netherlands Mobility Panel, a latent class cluster...

journal article 2020

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The experienced mode choice set and its determinants: Commuting trips in the Netherlands

Ton, D. (author), Bekhor, Shlomo (author), Cats, O. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Active modes take up an increasingly important place on the global policy-making agenda. In the Netherlands, a country that is well-known for its high shares of walking and cycling, the government aims at achieving a modal shift among 200,000 commuting car drivers towards using the bicycle. To this end, policy measures need to be introduced....

journal article 2020

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Enhancing crowd monitoring system functionality through data fusion: Estimating flow rate from wi-fi traces and automated counting system data

Duives, D.C. (author), van Oijen, T.P. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Crowd monitoring systems (CMSs) provide a state-of-the-art solution to manage crowds objectively. Most crowd monitoring systems feature one type of sensor, which severely limits the insights one can simultaneously gather regarding the crowd’s traffic state. Incorporating multiple functionally complementary sensor types is expensive. CMSs are...

journal article 2020

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Determinants of urban wayfinding styles

Zomer, L. (author), Schneider, F. (author), Ton, D. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Cats, O. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Everyday people find their way towards work, supermarkets, or unfamiliar places are explored for a social visit. Understanding how differences in urban wayfinding behaviour relate to daily travel patterns is important to describe route choice behaviour, identify potential navigation problems, design more legible cities, and provide...

journal article 2019

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Cycling or walking? Determinants of mode choice in the Netherlands

Ton, D. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Cats, O. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, S. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Interest into active modes (i.e. walking and cycling) has increased significantly over the past decades, with governments worldwide ultimately aiming for a modal shift towards active modes. To devise policies that promote this goal, understanding the determinants that influence the choice for an active mode is essential. The Netherlands is...

journal article 2019

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Multiobjective Calibration Framework for Pedestrian Simulation Models: A study on the Effect of Movement Base Cases, Metrics, and Density Levels

Sparnaaij, M. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Knoop, V.L. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Ideally, a multitude of steps has to be taken before a commercial implementation of a pedestrian model is used in practice. Calibration, the main goal of which is to increase the accuracy of the predictions by determining the set of values for the model parameters that allows for the best replication of reality, has an important role in this...

journal article 2019

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Latent classes of daily mobility patterns: the relationship with attitudes towards modes

Ton, D. (author), Zomer, L. (author), Schneider, F. (author), Hoogendoorn-Lanser, Sascha (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Cats, O. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Active modes (i.e. walking and cycling) have received significant attention by governments worldwide, due to the benefits related to the use of these modes. Consequently, governments are aiming for a modal shift from motorised to active modes. Attitudes are generally considered to play an important role in travel behaviour. Understanding the...

journal article 2019

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Evaluating a data-driven approach for choice set identification using GPS bicycle route choice data from Amsterdam

Ton, D. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Cats, O. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Specifying the choice set for travel behaviour analysis is a non-trivial task. Its size and composition are known to influence the results of model estimation and prediction. Most studies specify the choice set using choice set generation algorithms. These methods can introduce two types of errors to the specified choice set: false negative ...

journal article 2018

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Monitoring the Number of Pedestrians in an Area: The Applicability of Counting Systems for Density State Estimation

Duives, D.C. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Crowd monitoring systems are more and more used to support crowd management organizations. Currently, counting systems are often used to provide quantitative insights into the pedestrian traffic state, since they are fairly easy to install and the accuracy is reasonably good under normal conditions. However, there are no sensor systems that...

journal article 2018

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How do people cycle in Amsterdam, Netherlands?: Estimating cyclists' route choice determinants with GPS data from an urban area

Ton, D. (author), Cats, O. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

Nowadays, the bicycle is seen as a sustainable and healthy substitute for<br/>the car in urban environments. The Netherlands is the leading country<br/>in bicycle use, especially in urban environments. Yet route choice models<br/>featuring inner-city travel that includes cyclists are lacking. This study<br/>estimated a cyclists’ route choice...

journal article 2017

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The Many Roles of the Relaxation time Parameter in Force based Models of Pedestrian Dynamics

Johansson, F. (author), Duives, D.C. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)

In force based models of pedestrian traffic, the relaxation time, ?, is related to the time it takes a pedestrian to adapt its motion to its preferences. An example of this is linear acceleration, but ? is also connected to how the agent adjusts to spatial variations in its preferred velocity, and affects evasive maneuvers. These many roles of ?...

journal article 2014