An Application of New Pedestrian Tracking Sensors for Evaluating Platform Safety Risks at Swiss and Dutch Train Stations

J.P.A. van den Heuvel; Jasmin Thurau; Martin Mendelin; Marcel van Ofwegen; Rik Schakenbos; S.P. Hoogendoorn

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11440-4_31

An Application of New Pedestrian Tracking Sensors for Evaluating Platform Safety Risks at Swiss and Dutch Train Stations

J.P.A. van den Heuvel, Jasmin Thurau, Martin Mendelin, Marcel van Ofwegen, Rik Schakenbos, S.P. Hoogendoorn

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Abstract

Due to rapid rail passenger growth in the last years, crowding challenges have risen at several stations in Switzerland and The Netherlands. Particularly at platforms, safety risks can increase when a station is operated near or at pedestrian capacity. Therefore, Swiss and Dutch station managers started several initiatives to measure crowding-related safety risks. Recently, pedestrian measurement technology has improved substantially. New technology is capable of anonymously tracking individual pedestrians within a predefined area under high intensity conditions. This technology has not been implemented at train stations before. Therefore the Swiss and Dutch station managers have developed and applied a methodology to determine the validity of the data which are generated by the newest generation of pedestrian measurement systems at the stations of Bern (CH), Amsterdam Zuid, and Utrecht Centraal (NL). This paper presents the results of the tests in both countries and their (first) implications for science and practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow
Subtitle of host publication	TGF 2017: Traffic and Granular Flow '17
Editors	Samer H. Hamdar
Publisher	Springer
Pages	277-286
Number of pages	10
Edition	12
ISBN (Electronic)	78-3-030-11440-4
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-11439-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11440-4_31
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	TGF 2017: Traffic & Granular Flow - George Washington University, Washington, United States Duration: 19 Jul 2017 → 22 Jul 2017 https://tgf17.gwu.edu/

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Conference	TGF 2017
Abbreviated title	TGF 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	19/07/17 → 22/07/17
Internet address	https://tgf17.gwu.edu/

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Mind your passenger! The passenger capacity of platforms at railway stations in the Netherlands
van den Heuvel, J., 2022, TRAIL Research School. 364 p.
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van den Heuvel, J. P. A., Thurau, J., Mendelin, M., van Ofwegen, M., Schakenbos, R., & Hoogendoorn, S. P. (2019). An Application of New Pedestrian Tracking Sensors for Evaluating Platform Safety Risks at Swiss and Dutch Train Stations. In S. H. H. (Ed.), International Conference on Traffic and Granular Flow: TGF 2017: Traffic and Granular Flow '17 (12 ed., pp. 277-286). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11440-4_31

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An Application of New Pedestrian Tracking Sensors for Evaluating Platform Safety Risks at Swiss and Dutch Train Stations

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Mind your passenger! The passenger capacity of platforms at railway stations in the Netherlands

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