The development of a spatial parameters (SP) model towards the macroscopic pedestrian assessment of a railway station design

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dc.contributor.author Hermant, L.F.L. en
dc.contributor.other Southern African Transport Conference (28th : 2009 : Pretoria, South Africa) en
dc.date.accessioned 2009-11-20T10:50:35Z en
dc.date.available 2009-11-20T10:50:35Z en
dc.date.issued 2009-07-06 en
dc.description This paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.za en
dc.description.abstract Paper presented at the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference 6 - 9 July 2009 "Sustainable Transport", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa. en
dc.description.abstract Intersite Property Management Services, together with the SARCC, have recently embarked on a country wide programme to upgrade commuter rail stations in South Africa as part of a larger process towards improving the commuter rail service in the country.The lack of infrastructure investment over many years has not only resulted in a declining service and loss in patronage but has led to a hiatus in station design philosophies. This paper presents a generic Spatial Parameters (SP) - model which has been specifically developed and applied to the design of the Athlone, Heideveld and Langa (AHL) railway stations in Cape Town, South Africa.The model has since received further application in the preliminary spatial assessments of other station designs such as Khayelitsha and Nyanga stations (Arcus Gibb, 2008) and Windermere station (ITS, 2008). The SP-model is an Excel based spreadsheet that calculates station infrastructure sizing requirements in order to accommodate the station design peak flow rates at desired levels of service using macroscopic principles. It is intended that the SP-model provide an indication of the initial station sizing requirements but should be supported with further microscopic pedestrian modelling. As there are dependant relationships between certain spatial parameters, the spreadsheet is proving to be a useful tool but is still to be considered a "work in progress" model. It is believed that there is a definitive role for the SP-model as a first-order model, which together with microscopic pedestrian modelling will improve the station design process in South Africa. en
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dc.identifier.citation Hermant, LFL 2009,'The devolopment of a spatial parameters (SP) model towards the macroscopic pedestrian assessment of a railway station design', Paper presented to the 28th Annual Southern African Transport Conference, South Africa, 6-9 July. p. 491-498 en
dc.identifier.isbn 9781920017392 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/11975 en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Document Transformation Technologies en
dc.relation.ispartof SATC 2009
dc.rights University of Pretoria en
dc.subject Sustainable transport en
dc.subject Spatial Parameters en
dc.subject Macroscopic en
dc.subject Pedestrians en
dc.subject Rail service en
dc.subject Railway station designs en
dc.subject Athone railway station en
dc.subject Heideveld railway station en
dc.subject Langa railway station en
dc.subject.lcsh Transportation en
dc.subject.lcsh Railroads -- Desigh and construction en
dc.subject.lcsh Railroads -- South Africa -- Cape Town en
dc.subject.lcsh Railroads -- Station service en
dc.title The development of a spatial parameters (SP) model towards the macroscopic pedestrian assessment of a railway station design en
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