Correct as of Tuesday, the 7th of September, 2021.
Bentley Systems measured pedestrians first-hand to make the system entity speed profiles available in LEGION software. So, their precise definitions are confidential. However, the minimum, mean and maximum preferred speeds on flat ground of each category are in the table below.
Speeds in metres per second to two decimal places.
Original
Enhanced
All
Female
Male
Min
Mean
Max
Asian Commuters
0.63
1.22
1.94
0.69
1.33
2.13
Chinese Commuters
0.79
1.48
2.04
North American Commuters
0.87
1.45
2.16
0.51
1.54
2.31
Runners
0.96
3.08
3.50
Southern European Commuters
0.80
1.35
1.96
0.84
1.42
2.08
Stadium Users
0.78
1.36
2.05
0.83
1.44
2.38
Tourists
0.12
1.10
2.30
UK Commuters
0.81
1.50
2.45
0.67
1.57
2.22
LEGION system entity size profiles were derived from publicly available anthropomorphic data. Entity widths are the geometric means of their shoulder and abdominal widths.
Widths in metres.
S.D.
Asia
0.189
0.295
0.392
0.033
0.2
0.298
0.387
0.03
China
North America
0.244
0.321
0.396
0.025
0.264
0.349
0.43
0.027
Southern Europe
0.347
0.427
UK
System luggage size distributions are defined as means with standard deviations and can be viewed in LEGION Model Builder. They define areas added to entity circles.
Areas in square metres.
Small
0.06
0.015
Medium
Large
0.4