Title: The Impact of the Line Network Forms of the Urban Rail Transit on the Transfer Convenience
Abstract: Through analyzing both the line network form and the transfer characteristics of urban rail transit, the quantitative description method was presented for rail transit lines and network accessibility. The theoretical calculations for the accessibility of the typical line network show that under the same conditions, the radical line network is more accessible than the square one, and more convenient for transfer. The contribution to improving the accessibility of the line network can be increased steadily from smaller, larger to the largest in turn by adding parallel lines, diagonal lines and circular lines (or large arc lines) in the square line network. The effective measures to improve the accessibility of the entire line network and facilitate the transfer convenience of the passengers are to set the transfer stations and passenger transportation hub in the multi-line intersections. By comparing with the line network of Moscow Metro, the shortages and reasons of both the line network accessibility and the transfer convenience in Beijing Metro are analyzed. It is proposed that suitable line network node should be timely chosen to construct the passenger transportation hub with multiple transfer lines.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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