Around 2 million visitors visit the beach of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro on New Years Eve every year. More than 100,000 visitors travel by Metro. This creates large pedestrian flows inside the station causing major discomfort due to crowding. With the steady increase of the flows in recent years a crowd management plan has been developed and applied to mitigate crowding problems.
['Mario Campanella', 'Rafael Halliday', 'Serge P. Hoogendoorn', 'Winnie Daamen']
Managing Large Flows in Metro Stations: The New Year Celebration in Copacabana