PEDESTRIAN FLOW MODELLING AROUND TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS

Abstract

Growth in Indian economy has lead to growth in all modes of Transport including pedestrian movement. While a number of studies have been conducted to study pedestrian flow in general, specific efforts seem to be missing in terms of understanding pedestrian movement around Transport Terminals in Indian cities. Traffic around Transport Terminal is of mixed nature and to study this aspect data was collected at Railway stations of two fast growing cities of Uttranchal and Inter State Bus Terminal, Dehradun . Pedestrian movement around Terminal is - influenced by the arrival and departure of Trains. Peak flow during arrival of Train is always higher than flow due to departure of Trains. Pedestrians could not achieve desired speed during peak flow due to in-sufficient pedestrian facilities around transport terminals. The observed free flow speed of 80.0 m/min is higher than the other Asian countries such as China and Singapore, But the same is comparable with European countries and U.S. The Speed of younger child (female) is comparable with speed of male. Jam density 3.47p/m2 comparable with other Indian studies. However it is slightly lower side, which indicate percentage pedestrian around terminals with luggage, is more than the pedestrian of other land uses. This data has been analyses through scatter plot. Subsequently mathematical models of pedestrian flow were also developed. Macroscopic Pedestrian characteristics and their relationship are presented in the form of mathematical models