Remus – Andrei DOBRINOIU1, Augustin SEMENESCU2, Ionuț-Cosmin CHIVA3, Florin Valentin RUSCĂ4
Abstract. The investigation of pedestrian flow between the Regie Campus and the Politehnica University of Bucharest is continued in this research. This second phase evaluates the operational efficiency of a moving walkway system through queuing theory and simulation, building on statistical and empirical findings from the previous phase, which confirmed that pedestrian arrivals adhere to a Poisson distribution. The research analyses service indicators such as average wait time, system capacity, and flow rate across different operational conditions. Configurations for both single and multichannel moving walkways are assessed utilising time-dependent pedestrian data collected over a four-week period. Research underscores the substantial effect of dual-channel systems in reducing wait durations during peak periods, achieving reductions over 90%.
Keywords: pedestrian flow, moving walkway, queuing theory, urban mobility, simulation
DOI 10.56082/annalsarscieng.2025.1.74
1 Ph.D. Student, Eng., National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania (e-mail: remus.dobrinoiu@upb.ro)
2 Prof., Ph.D., National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania, Member of Academy of Romanian Scientists (augustin.semenescu@upb.ro)
3 Ph.D., National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania (ionut_cosmin.chiva@upb.ro)
4 Prof., Ph.D., National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania (florin.rusca@upb.ro)
PUBLISHED in Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Engineering, Volume 17, No1