Pedestrian Congestion Analysis Method for Transfer Facilities in Urban Metro Transit Transfer Stations

Abstract:

Taking the crisscross node transfer facility in the urban metro transit transfer station as the research object, passenger arrival time distribution was determined by the travel distance from the door to the stairs, and then the passenger flow congestion analysis method of the node transfer facility was constructed by using the passenger flow iteration according to the basic relationship of flow between the upstream and downstream of the section of the facility and passenger flow interrelationship between the area in front of stairs, transfer platform, and stairs. Case studies show that the proposed method can quickly analyze the pedestrian congestion of the crisscross node transfer facilities with different combinations of multi-directional passenger flow when the information about the passenger flows and the pedestrian facilities layout are given.

Key words:urban metro transit;node transfer facility;pedestrian congestion analysis;passenger flow arrival distribution