Passenger Transfer Conflict Delay in Large Passenger Transport Hubs

Abstract

In the passenger transfer process, passenger congestion conflict is a very important factor in transfer delays in large passenger transport hubs. By analyzing passenger walking speed, passenger arrival rate, the capacity of walking facilities and passengers’ expected travel time, a model for calculating conflict delay in the passenger transfer process is established in this paper. The relationship between the average delay due to passenger conflict, the arrival rate and the absolute value of the difference in passenger arrival rates from different directions is calculated, and a simulation platform of passenger travel behavior, which is based on NetLogo, is established to simulate the passenger transfer conflict process. The outcomes verify that the model is effective, feasible and accurate. Therefore, the research results make great contributions towards the evaluation of the layout plans of passenger transfer facilities in large hubs, and provide a theoretical foundation for perfecting hub transfer facilities.