@article{Scalici:207828,
      recid = {207828},
      author = {Scalici, Steven P. and P.E, Patrick J and Dominguez,  Raymond},
      title = {Enhancing Transit Facility Design},
      address = {2007-03},
      number = {1428-2016-118595},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {The use of simulation as an integral element of transit  facility design has become increasingly
popular with the  development of new software in a transportation engineer’s  toolbox. Beyond the
most basic operational assessments,  these tools have the ability to demonstrate  people
movements, frequently traveled paths, and  separately, levels of service. Of particular interest  to
architects and designers, the simulations provide  improved and, at times, more realistic results
that better  clarify and illustrate the “effectiveness” of their work in  a dynamic manner.
Furthermore, gone are the days of only  relying on spreadsheets and bringing to the public a  few
rudimentary tables listing analysis results. It is now  commonplace for public interest groups to
frequently expect  consultants to have such a dynamic graphical tool at the  ready for them to
examine.
STV is involved in a number of  projects that require input as to how transportation  terminals and
stations will function well before design  alternatives have been finalized. In fact, the  provision
for simulation efforts has been a required  evaluation criterion for the acceptance of  specific
conceptual and preliminary design schemes.
Given  today’s heighten security concerns, accounting for rapid  emergency egress is of
paramount interest to designers.  Pedestrian simulation modeling allows for the relatively  quick
analysis of multiple pedestrian scenarios including  emergency evacuation and normal circulation
possibilities,  which realistically assigns people to the nearest exits,  measures egress times,
identifies points of congestion, and  requires minimum preparation time.
The capabilities and  advantages of pedestrian simulation modeling will be  demonstrated based
on analyses performed for projects such  as the design of the Port Authority of New York and
New  Jersey’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub and the  reconstruction of New York City
Transit’s Cortlandt Street  1 Train station within WTC Site. Both projects are  intermodal in
nature, and involve the complex “mixing” of  people from many origins and destinations.
The images and  videos provided by the simulation, and included with this  paper, have proven to
serve as powerful and conclusive  input to designs that provide for the smooth and  efficient
movement of people through stations and  terminals.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207828},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.207828},
}