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Zeng, Guang, Zhang, Jun, Ye, Rui, Schadschneider, Andreas, Cao, Shuchao, Wang, Qiao and Song, Weiguo (2021). PEDESTRIAN DYNAMICS IN SINGLE-FILE MOVEMENT UNDER BACKGROUND MUSIC WITH DIFFERENT TEMPOS. Adv. Complex Syst., 24 (6). SINGAPORE: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD. ISSN 1793-6802

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Abstract

Large crowds are challenging the comfort and safety level of big cities, while music may be a potential method to improve pedestrian flow. This paper focuses on the influence of different tempos and types of background music on pedestrian dynamics. Three tempos (90beats/min (BPM), 120BPM and 150BPM) and two types (pure music and metronome stimuli) of music are considered. It is found that more frequent stop-and-go behaviors emerge with rhythms. Compared with that under a low tempo (90BPM) of rhythm condition, stopping is more frequent with a high tempo one (120BPM or 150BPM). The number of stopping pedestrians per unit time increases 68.57%, 376.00%, 298.29%, 224.00%, 438.29% and 393.71% with 90 BPM, 120BPM and 150BPM music, 90BPM, 120BPM and 150BPM metronome, compared with that without any rhythm, respectively. The velocity and flow are lower, and higher local densities appear with background music. The step frequency at high density with rhythms (1.16 +/- 0.11, 1.16 +/- 0.12 and 1.15 +/- 0.10Hz for 90BPM, 120BPM and 150BPM music; 1.15 +/- 0.13, 1.11 +/- 0.09 and 1.16 +/- 0.11Hz for 90BPM, 120BPM and 150BPM metronome) is lower than that without any rhythm (1.40 +/- 0.14Hz). Pedestrians need more time to avoid collisions and to step under background music conditions, because they are influenced by the music and not fully focusing on walking. As a result, step frequency decreases and stopping behavior is more frequent. This in turn leads to the decrease of the velocity and flow and the emergence of higher local densities. Our study will be helpful for understanding the effect of background music on pedestrian dynamics.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Zeng, Guang UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Zhang, Jun UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ye, Rui UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schadschneider, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cao, Shuchao UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wang, Qiao UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Song, Weiguo UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-595601
DOI:	10.1142/S0219525921500119
Journal or Publication Title:	Adv. Complex Syst.
Volume:	24
Number:	6
Date:	2021
Publisher:	WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
Place of Publication:	SINGAPORE
ISSN:	1793-6802
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language STEP FREQUENCY; MODEL; BICYCLE; WALKING Multiple languages Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications; Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59560