TOWARD A METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE TRANSIT STATION DESIGNS

The paper describes a comprehensive approach for transit station design that includes criteria development for system users and operators. This approach involves an iterative process wherein a basic design is created and evaluated relative to established criteria and then incrementally modified until all objectives are satisfied. A comprehensive set of criteria for assessing the performance of alternative transit station design configurations is provided and an interest-impact matrix model is recommended for transit station evaluations. The potential of the evaluation framework is in application to numerous terminal design settings.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 4th Annual Intersociety Conference on Transportation, Los Angeles, California, July 18-23, 1976, see also RRIS 26 148247.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Hoel, L A
  • Demetsky, M J
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Passenger terminals; Rail transit stations; Railroad stations; Structural design; Subway stations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger station design
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148262
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper D&O-26 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1981 12:00AM