2023/10/02 by Eduardo V. Stock, Stock, Eduardo V., Roberto da Silva +1 · 1 citation
Engineering · Social Sciences · #Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics #FOS: Physical sciences #Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Traffic control and management #Transportation Planning and Optimization
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2310.01582
openalex publication_date 2023/10/02 · openalex created_date 2023/10/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Scramble intersections stand as compelling examples of complex systems, shedding light on the pressing challenge of urban mobility. In this paper, we introduce a model aimed at unraveling the statistical intricacies of pedestrian crossing times and their fluctuations in scenarios commonly encountered in major urban centers. Our findings offer snapshots that faithfully mirror real-world situations. Significantly, our results underscore the importance of two key factors: pedestrian flexibility and population density. These factors play a pivotal role in triggering the transition between mobile and immobile behavior in the steady state, a concept expounded upon within this paper through a straightforward order parameter known as directed mobility.