Analysis of Built Environment Influence on Pedestrian route choice behavior in Dutch Design Week using GPS Data

Yanan Liu; Dujuan Yang; Bauke de Vries; Harry J.P. Timmermans

doi:10.17815/CD.2020.59

Authors

Yanan Liu Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Dujuan Yang Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Bauke de Vries Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Harry J.P. Timmermans Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2020.59

Keywords:

pedestrian route choice, built environment, gps data

Abstract

Visitors not only have specific destinations targeting the Dutch Design Week (DDW) exhibitions distributed all over the city, but also visit the city in between exhibition activities. The mixed environment makes modeling behavior of DDW visitors more complex than shoppers and tourisms only. This research pays special attention to the influence of built environment on pedestrian route choice. The built environment includes building and transportation infrastructure. GPS tracking data and social demographic information were collected during the event. Multinomial logit model and path size logit model are used to analysis route choice behavior. The results show that some built environment factors have significant influence on route choice. Shops are more attractive for aged visitors. Females prefer shorter routes more. In big event, the alternative routes with more sharing links could increase the possibility to choose.

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