A Multidisciplinary Approach to Mobility Education Based on Traffic Physics and Crowd Theory | Chapter 13 | Advanced Aspects of Engineering Research Vol. 13

 We are all too aware with the problem of overcrowding. The application of physics, mathematics, and biology to a traffic jam population will aid in discovering how and why this difficult scenario occurs, as well as possible solutions. As part of the mobility education project "SicuraMente," we conducted a crowd behavior experiment by simulating a situation with high city traffic. Using an experimental method, we demonstrated that a route with restricted access can cause traffic congestion and that the crowd of pedestrians may be reduced by mandating the crowd to use dedicated streets. As a model, a situation has been proposed in traffic physics. When the outgoing time of the student crowd from the outlet road was compared with and without the presence of an obstacle in the middle of the roadway, it was discovered that in the presence of an obstacle, the traffic jam is resolved more quickly because the flow of people is divided into two separate channels. lowering the likelihood that two people are near and that this will cause an impediment (example of counter-intuitive physical principle). We also discovered that the speed of the crowd's constituents has an effect on the occurrence of traffic jams, which are more likely to occur when the speed is higher. Because of these critical variables in the design of road networks and transportation infrastructure, students have reasoned not only about physics disciplines, but also about proper driving behavior. When it comes to teaching in the context of a variety of academic subjects, with road safety education as the setting and goal, The groundbreaking multimodal approach to education for healthy and sustainable mobility that was pioneered in Italy has proven to be beneficial. The context can be used to create a continuous link between different subjects and school levels, as well as to generate new teaching approaches.

Author (s) Details

Laura Tamburini
Regional Board of Education, Friuli Venezia Giulia 34124, Italy and Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste 34100, Italy and SicuraMente-young Non Profit Organization, Trieste 34141 Italy.

Giovanni Marchesich
SicuraMente-young Non Profit Organization, Trieste 34141 Italy.

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