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DOT/RSPA/DPB/-50/81/19 Planning and JANUA RY 1981 FINAL REPORT Development of UNDE R CONTRACT: DOT-OS-50233 Public Transportation Conference Proceedings Terminals Pre pa red for: Office of University Research Washingt on, D.C. 20590 U.S. Deportment of Transportation S.G.,t.I.u. LtdttARV Research and Special Programs Administration tiJ J :) 3 T,:'1 :I;:))'.''; f ... f\l?;)' NOTICE This document is disseminated tmder the sponsorship of the Department of Trans portation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or use thereof. Technical Report Documentation Page I , Roporr No. 2. GoYe Mt,\~f"'lt At~e!s1on No. J. Rec1p1enf s Cotalog No, DOT/RSPA/DPB-50/81/19 4 . T itle end Subr1de 5. Report D ote Planning and Development of Public Transportation January 1981 Terminals 6. Pe,fo,m,ng 0,9,on, zotion Code 8. Pe,fo,m1ng O,gon110t1on Report ,....,o . I 7. Atori sJ ester A. Hoel, Larry G . Richards UVA/529036/CEBl/107 /i:-nitnr~'l 9. P e ,lorm 1n9Or9on1 1ot 1on Nome ond Address 10. 'Nork Un,t No. (TRAISJ Department of Civil Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Science 11. Controct or G,ont No, Univer sity of Virginia, Thornton Hall DOT-OS-50233 Charlottesville, VA 22901 13. Type of Repo, r ond Period Cove red 12. Sponsoring Agency Nome ond A ddre ss Office of University Research Final Report Research and Special Programs Administration u . S . Department of Transportation 14. Sponsoring Agency Code Washington, D. C . 20590 DPB-50 IS. 5uppl emenfory Note s Monitor: Norma n G. Paulhus, Jr, I I-40 16. Absrtoct This report describes the proceedings of a National Conference on the Planninz and D~yelopmcnt of Public Trans~ortation Terminals held in Silver Spring, Marylan on September 21-24, 1980. T e conference included both formal papers presented lo plenary sessions and small group workshops focused on particular design issues of current importance. Formal 12a2ers covered all aspects of transit station planning and design, with special attention to passengers, access and traffic, and operations and maintenance. Recent experiences in transit station design and renovation were reviewed, including intermodal terminals, from both domestic and international perspectives. Particular systems described in detail included WMATA, BART, MARTA, and New York. An overview of the Methodology for Transit Station Design was also prcse.nted. Workshops dealt with nine topic areas: Transit Station Design Methodology; Intermodal Terminal Planning, Design and Operations ; Passenger Processing and Information Systems; Station Access and Traffic ; Station Main Lenance and Operations; Transit Station Secur ity; Design for the I lan dicapped; Joint Development, Land Use and Station Impacts; Computer Methods and Transit Station Simulation. 17, Key Word -s 18. Distrtbvtion Srore rn e nt Transit Station Design Limited Edition Intermodal Terminals 19. 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Fetirenheit S/ 9 l•lt• Celsius •r stdm■cting temperatu,e temperatu,e ~F 32 98-6 212: 32) 0 - •~ I I I .,·~ I 1 1 ·~ 1 , 1~ 1 I I l~O I I , 2C:O ~ ~ ~ ; · ' I I I ' i I ,I I I t othef ~ • act and more del<'I• led 1i\bleS. see NBS M,5,C. Pub!. 286. -40 - 20 0 20 40 60 90 101l • , It'! 2 .SC l~w:&CTl y ), For conve,s,ons oc 1'l' oc 11.. , ts of W,ual'lt.s and Measures. Pr.ce $2.2~. SO Cat.Jl og No. ClJ .10 ;266. ~ ~ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This conference was conducted under contract DOT-OS-50233 from the Research and Special Programs Administration, Office of University Research to the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. The editors wish to thank Ors. Robert J. Ravera, the former director of the Program of University Research, and Dr. Sherwood C. Chu, the current director, for their support and en couragement throughout this project. We are also most grateful to Mr. Norman G. Paulhus, Jr., the contract monitor for this project, for his many contribu tions to t_he success of this conference and the entire research program. Many people and organizations were involved in the success of the con ference. The conference was organized with the cooperation of the Transl?or tation Research Board (TRB) arid the American Public Transit Association (APTA). We would like to acknowledge the role of TRB Committee AlE03 ·in the planning, development and conduct of the conference. The Conference Planning Committee consisted of John J. Fruin (Chairman), Colin H. Alter, David J. Andrus, Jr., John P. Braaksma, S. Lee Carlson, William J . Hayduk, Barry Kaas, Hanan A. Kivett, Walter H. Kraft, Jerome C. Lutin, W. R. McCuthen, John P. O'Connor, Robert A. Olmsted, Wilfred Sergeant, Gregory Benz, Frank J . Cihak (representing APTA), Michael J . Demetsky, W. Campbell Graeub (representing TRB) , Lester A. Hoel, John A. Levy, Norman G. Paulhus, Jr. , Larry G. Richards, and Peter Strobach. Special thanks are extended to Jack Fruin and Walter Kraft, the past and present chairmen of the TRB Committee on Intermodal Transfer Facilities, for their many activities and contributions to this conference. W. Campbell Graeub provided mailing lists of possible conference participants, reviewed our conference plans, promotional material, and hotel arrangements, and made many helpful suggestions . Colin Alter recommended possible meeting sites in the Washington area and helped us make final hotel arrangements. Lillian C. Liburdi, Deputy Administrator of the Urban Mass Transporta tion Administration, delivered the keynote address at the conference. We thank her for her enlightening and provocative talk, and for her interest and participation in the conference. Cody Pfanstiel, the Director of Public Relations at WMAT A, arranged and conducted a tour of the Washington Metro for conference participants. We thank him for a most valuable tour. He was assisted by Mr. Fountroy and i Colin Alter. The tour covered all aspects of Metro's operation, and partici pants found it extremely worthwhile. The production of the Conference Proceedings was carried out by the Publications Group of the Research Laboratories for the Engineering Sciences (RLES) at the University of Virginia. We particularly wish to thank Jackie Harding, who patiently typed the entire manuscript and endured our many revisions, and Sandra Sullivan, Supervisor of the Publications Group. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the many contributions of Dr. Meredith M. Richards and Mr. Douglas Mccants to the smooth functioning of the con ference and production of this proceedings. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Lester A. Hoel WELCOMING RElv!_A R KS, Sherwood C. Chu 3 CONFERENCE SUMMARY, Lester A. Hoel and Larry G. Richards 5 "WHAT IS A STATION"?, Wilfred Sergeant . 25 THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN PASSENGER TERMINAL DESIGN, John ·J. Fruin . 35 STATION OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, Robert S. Korach 47 ACCESS AND TRAFFIC, Walter H. Kraft . 53 THOUGHTS ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF MARTA STATIONS, Richard Stanger . 63 RECENT EXPERIENCES IN TRANSIT STATION DESIGN: WASHINGTON METRO, Albert J . Roohr . 77 BART STATIONS, A REAPPRAISAL, Wilmot R. Mccutchen 93 THE DESIGN OF INTERMODAL TERMINALS: A CASE STUDY, Hanan A. Kivett 111 STATION RENOVATION IN OLDER RAIL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS, Robert A. Olmsted . 137 THE PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL , NEW YORK, NEW YORK Sheldon D. Wander . 147 CANADIAN INTERCITY TERMINALS , Pet er Strobach . 157 SOME FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF EUROPEAN TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS , John P . Braaksma . 167 STATION DESIGN METHODOLOGY, Michael J. Demetsky . 191 WORKSHOP SUMMARIES : WSl CRITIQUE OF DESIGN METHODOLOGY, Norman G.