Capucine-Marin DUBROCA-VOISIN, LVMT - École des Ponts ParisTech, France
Pedestrian flow in stations matter for different reasons, being both an opportunity and a threat. Stations' primary purpose is to manage flows, but they can be overwhelmed by massive and unplanned flow. Several techniques have already been tried, applied and evaluated by station operators, using architecture and design, advanced information management, incitation and coercion. While the global research on pedestrian movement is making great progress, these operational techniques stay poorly known. An observatory could help to share and understand these existing practices, their efficiency, their impact on essential functions such as accessibility or trade.
In order to transform stations into eco and urban-friendly hubs, these practices could be shaped a bit differently. In this communication, we'll propose a first methodology for observation and some matter for reflection : how can we use the repetitive nature of flow for new circularities, how can we use the potentially higher social diversity on flow to encourage solidarity, etc.). If the rail station is an organism, the pedestrian flow might be the blood.
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