Crowd Movement & Design Review
Find the constraint on the drawing before it appears in the crowd.
Bring venue drawings, temporary layouts and proposed operating plans. We review routes, queues, entry points and circulation interfaces, then identify constraints and practical changes for the design and operations teams to consider.
Crowd movement and design review
AI-generated illustration. Fictional scene; no client engagement or analysis results are shown.Circulation around a structural core provides context for reviewing route widths, interfaces and layout constraints on the proposed drawings.
Review the interfaces, not just the spaces.
Route meets capacityValidate that routes and links can carry realistic demand.
Queue meets circulationAssess queue formation, dispersal and potential interference.
Overlay meets permanent designCheck temporary overlays against permanent geometry.
Operations meets geometryConfirm procedures and plans fit the environment.
What we support.
Pedestrian flowsOrigins, destinations, paths and interactions.
Capacities & widthsCorridors, doors, stairs, ramps and links.
Entry/screening interfacesSearch, ticket check and bag-check layouts.
Ticketing & access pointsDistribution and service configuration.
Concourse circulationLoop flow, crossovers and adjacencies.
Egress & redistributionExit capacity, paths and crowd redistribution.
A review built for decisions.
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Receive plansCollect drawings, overlays and operating assumptions.
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Trace crowd journeysMap arrivals, queues, circulation and egress.
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Test constraintsEvaluate capacities, interfaces and pinch points.
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Report prioritiesDeliver actionable design and operational recommendations.
Balance pedestrian screening areas.
Use PSA Balance for screening configuration, capacity and demand scenarios. Open PSA Balance ↗
Use PSA Balance for screening configuration, capacity and demand scenarios. Open PSA Balance ↗
Review the design through the crowd’s path—while issues are still on paper.
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