crowd:it Version 3.1 is released!
We develop and improve crowd:it continuously. And now, a new version is released with great new features.
In addition to various bug fixes, there are also a few great new features that we would like to introduce to you.
Speed on Stairs: New Research Refines Understanding
New research confirms: people move significantly faster when going downstairs than upstairs. Obvious, right? Certainly — but the new study provides concrete figures and updated validation.
A large-scale study (Pouw et al., 2024) analyzed over 3 million real pedestrian trajectories on a stairway at the Eindhoven Centraal train station in the Netherlands.
The analysis produced reliable average values for walking speeds both upwards and downwards. These differences arise not only from the incline but also from human movement behavior and social dynamics — such as voluntarily maintaining a minimum distance or the tendency to use the escalator.
From now on, we are incorporating these new insights and have updated our values in crowd:it accordingly. For more information about the Optimal Stair Model, visit: simulation model at accu:rate
With this new functionality, we also meet the requirements of the soon-to-be-released RiMEA test for direction sensitivity on stairs. You can access our current RiMEA test validation results here: validation page
A complete list of our changes can be found in our changelog.
Do you have further questions? Your desired feature is not yet in this release? Send us an e-mail or give us a call!
Phone: +49 (0)89 - 215 538 69
Mail: info@accu-rate.de