Evaluation of Pedestrian Walking Speed in Rail Transit Terminal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTEGRATED ENGINEERING VOL.11NO. 9 (2019) 026–036 © Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Publisher’s Office The International Journal of IJIE Integrated Journal homepage: http://penerbit.uthm.edu.my/ojs/index.php/ijie Engineering ISSN : 2229-838X e-ISSN : 2600-7916 Evaluation of Pedestrian Walking Speed in Rail Transit Terminal Nur Hanis Kasehyani1, Noorhazlinda Abd Rahman1,*, Nur Sabahiah Abdul Sukor1,HerniHalim1, Herda Yati Katman2, Muhammad Salleh Abustan3 1School of Civil Engineering Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, MALAYSIA 2College of Engineering Universiti Tenaga Nasional, 4300 Kajang, Selangor, MALAYSIA 3Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Universiti Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia, 86400 Parit Raja, Johor, MALAYSIA *Corresponding Author DOI: https://doi.org/10.30880/ijie.2019.11.09.003 Received 05 February 2019; Accepted 17 September 2019; Available online 30December2019 Abstract: Current trend shows an exponential increase in rail traffic passenger volume, causing more attention must be paid to the crowd safety in rail transit terminal (RTT). In Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KLSS) is the largest transit terminal and as of 2017, the commuters at KLSS have reached 180,000. With this substantial number of commuters, walking might be difficult especially during peak hours. Hence, a better understanding of crowd dynamics is the key to plan and manage the pedestrians’ flow in RTT. One of important crowd attributes that crucial to be quantified specifically is walking speed. While walking speed has been studied in general, such analysis specific to RTT commuters is still lacking. In this contribution, the main objective is to evaluate the walking speed of the commuters in KLSS by considering different pedestrians walking categories, like normal walking, walking with luggage and walking while looking at the gadget in hand.
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