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The Centre for Transport Studies is pleased to welcome Ms Bani Anvari (Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London) to lead a seminar entitled A Mathematical Model for Driver and Pedestrian Interaction in Shared Space Environments to be held today, Wednesday 11th January 2012 – 16:00 Please join us for presentation and discussion at Room 601, Skempton Building, Imperial College London (Maps and travel directions: http://www.cts.cv.imperial.ac.uk/html/Miscellaneous/travelDirections.asp) Abstract The shared space concept develops a slow and safe environment with promoting a sense of vigilance and responsibility. This is achieved by reducing demarcation and any physical distinctions between the streets and pedestrian areas. However, there is a need to identify the conditions under which shared space is a feasible alternative to traditional controlled traffic designs. Predicting and visualising the responses of pedestrians to the behaviour of drivers, neighbouring pedestrians or obstacles in a shared environment is important from the standpoint of traffic management. Thus, a microscopic model based on the Social Force Model (SFM) is developed for shared space users. Since human beings aim for the shortest path in order to reach their destination, this feature is added using the Distance Potential Field. This mathematical approach is meant to be the fundamental framework for a future simulation of shared space users. In order to calibrate this new modified SFM, parameters are initialised based on the observation made from New Road in Brighton. This presentation provides a calibration approach and describes how to evaluate the results. About the Speakers Ms Bani Anvari is a PhD student at Imperial College London. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Science and Culture in Iran and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Studies from University College London. Her PhD research is focused on simulating and evaluating shared space schemes. Imperial’s next CTS Seminar Mr Alexandre Santacreu (Transport for London) will be leading a seminar titled “Macroscopic Features of Urban Traffic, a London case study” on Wednesday 8 February 2012 at 16:00. About the CTS Seminar Series The CTS seminar series aims to facilitate discussion on current research topics in the transport field. Seminars are held jointly with our colleagues in the Centre for Transport Studies at University College London. They are usually held on Wednesday afternoons at Imperial College London or University College London. Seminars are free of charge and open to all interested parties. Booking is not required. For further information: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> CTS home: www.imperial.ac.uk/cts<http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cts>