A TRANSIT STATION DESIGN PROCESS (ABRIDGMENT)

The state-of-the-art of transit station planning is characterized by a lack of consistency among principles, standards, and techniques. Design standards and design guidelines as developed by transit operating agencies do not address trade-offs among the different station features or design components. In order to provide for consistency among the procedures used by different agencies to design transit stations and to ensure comprehensive treatment in the station design process, a methodology which uses analytical techniques for designing and evaluating alternative transit stations has been developed. The performance of the station must be judged relative to a set of predefined objectives which derive from anticipated interests. Typical station design objectives reflect the points of view of the general user, the special user (the elderly and handicapped), and the operator concerning passenger processing, the station environment, and cost. The design objectives are then translated into a set of performance criteria which serve to define explicit performance measures that are the basis for comparisons among alternative station designs. This paper shows a method for analyzing transit interface facilities. The discussion focuses on the procedures which can be used to establish policy for station features, to provide performance measures for subsystems, and to give cost estimates. /Author/

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  • This article appeared in the Transportation Research Record No. 662, Planning and Design of Rapid Transit Facilities. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Demetsky, Michael J
  • Hoel, Lester A
  • Virkler, Mark R
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 26-28
• Monograph Title: Planning and design of rapid transit facilities
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 662
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Costs; Design; Design standards; Guidelines; Parking facilities; Pedestrians; Persons with disabilities; Policy; Rail transit stations; Railroad stations; State of the art studies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: User characteristics
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00178747
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309026911
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 29 1982 12:00AM