CroMa-PRO – Simulation-based traffic and crowd management at major events
CroMa-PRO – Simulation-based traffic and crowd management at major events
D.LIVE / Peter Weihs
As part of CroMa-PRO, scientifically based simulation applications are used to analyse large-scale interactions between urban traffic and the flow of people travelling to and from major events.
The overall aim of the CroMa-PRO project is to improve and better coordinate traffic management and visitor guidance at major events by providing simulation support for the planning process. Integrated, i.e. coupled, simulations of the surrounding traffic system and visitor flows on or in the area of the event site are to be used, which make it possible to analyse and evaluate mutual dependencies and any cascading effects between traffic and crowd management and the specialist planning measures.
In this context, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will extend the SUMO traffic flow simulation for the specifics of the event context. On a conceptual level, further developments will be made to model the resulting traffic flow when background and event traffic are superimposed. Furthermore, a system for creating integrated simulations in the context of major events is being developed together with the project participant FZJ. In addition, the interface for coupling traffic flow and pedestrian simulation will be reviewed together with the FZJ and, if necessary, the integration of further necessary elements and sub-functions for the event context, which will focus in particular on traffic jam propagation between the individual simulators and the necessary conflict management.
Based on this preliminary work, a basic scenario for the greater Düsseldorf area will be created and configured accordingly. On this basis, various scenarios for the football matches as part of the UEFA EURO 2024 event in Düsseldorf will then be implemented in an integrated simulation. In this context, an integrated simulation means a coupled, i.e. simultaneously running and coordinated simulation of the flow of people and the surrounding transport system. The effect of the technical planning measures can be analysed and optimised more precisely in the interaction of the traffic system and pedestrian simulation. In addition, it is planned to analyse and validate further characteristics and partial aspects of arrival and departure behaviour for other types of event following the UEFA EURO 2024.
Coupling between the simulation of pedestrian dynamics and the modelling of the traffic system using the example of the exit of event visitors at an S-Bahn station.
