Pedestrian simulation of Metro Rail Transit (MRT) line 7 station 1-North Avenue Station, Quezon city, Philippines

Issue Date

2-2020

Abstract

Simulation of pedestrian flowrepresents an advanced approach inmodeling and evaluating train stations. In this study, pedestrian simulation was done using the simulation software Simio to assess the passenger capacity of MRT 7 Station 1-North Avenue Station through level of service (LOS), queuing system, and train facility utilization. This paper presents the actual situation inside the train station while predicting the behavior of queuing pedestrians and provides an accurate estimate of the volume-to-capacity ratio of passengers entering the station. The study's approach debugged the conventional assignments of pedestrians currently used in the field. The constructed three-dimensional building of the North Avenue Station served as framework for the simulation. Sources, sinks, servers, and paths of the software were the main elements of the simulation. Each library was defined by their time usage based on data gathered. Time usages of 1.21 sec. and 240 sec. for sources and sinks, respectively, were used in the simulation. Servers were defined by the train facilities utilized in the simulation, namely, automatic ticketing machines (TVM) with time usage of 43 seconds, ticketing toll gates with 1.4 seconds, and manual ticketing windows (BOM) with 20 seconds. In addition to the libraries, paths that provided the flow, direction, and distribution of pedestrianswere calibrated using 10% for TVM users, 35% for BOM users, and 55% for others (regular tickets, beep cards, promo trips) based on data obtained. Simulation results showed that the new proposed plan has a higher passenger capacity than the original plan.

Source or Periodical Title

International Journal of GEOMATE

ISSN

2186-2982

Volume

18

Issue

66

Page

156-162

Document Type

Article

Physical Description

illustrations, graphs, tables, references

Language

English

Subject

Level of service, Pedestrian simulation, Rail transit system, Simio

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.21660/2020.96320

Digital Copy

Yes

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