VISSIM 5.30-05 User Manual

7 Simulation of Pedestrians
7.1.5.1 Creating
To define a pedestrian link for later use of e.g. signal heads, detectors or
conflict areas for pedestrian flows,
► Activate the Vehicle traffic mode and
► Define a pedestrian link (cf. section 6.3.1)
- as a new link or
- by editing an existing link:
► In both cases: check option “Use as pedestrian area” in the Link Data
window.
► Select Level of Area, cf. section 7.1.4.
The height of a pedestrian link and its area is determined by the height of
the chosen Level of Area and the user-defined Offset ([DISPLAY] tab).
The resulting height is displayed, however, it is not subject to changes,
cf. section 7.1.5.2.
Create From the above settings, VISSIM creates
► link no. 1 as pedestrian link (drawn by pointer) and
► link no. 2 as pedestrian link in opposite direction.
Edit The edited vehicle link is stored as pedestrian link and an opposing
pedestrian link is created with the coordinates of the original link, i.e. both
links are located on top of each other.
7.1.5.2 Properties & Options
This section deals with those properties which are essential for links that are
used as pedestrian areas:
● Use as pedestrian area: Activate this option to create a walkable
pedestrian link which
- serves as a walking ground for pedestrians (in both directions) and
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