This document summarizes a proposal for managing passenger flow and zoning on trains to alleviate congestion during boarding and alighting. The proposal uses indication from alighting passengers and generation of pathways on train floors to direct passenger movement. For indication, methods considered include push buttons, sensors, and smartphone apps. To generate pathways, the document discusses using a flow algorithm to tailor paths for each passenger or having a singular fixed path for all alighting passengers. The proposal aims to make alighting easier and reduce awkward interactions between strangers during the boarding and alighting process.

1. CHOSENIDEA:MANAGINGHUMANFLOWANDZONING
DONEBY:
GABRIELCHEK,CHRISTOPHERWICKS,CANDICELIM,NGRUONING,
LEONGKENGHOE,OOIYEEERN&ALVINTAN
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OVERVIEW IDEATIONPROCESS PROTOTYPING/EXPERIMENTS FINALDESIGN CONCLUSION
REASONSFORCHOOSING:
1)Achieves the dualpurpose of alleviating
congestionduringalightingandincreasingcomfort
levels.
2)Allayspassengers’fearofbeingunabletoalight.
3)Morecostefficient.
4)4)Requireslesschangestoexistinginfrastructure.
METHODS
1)Indicationfromalightingpassengers
Motivations:
UponUponconductingasurvey,wefoundoutthatmanyofourrespondentswere
shytoaskotherstomoveintoemptyspaceswithinthetrain/tomakewayfor
themtomoveintotheseemptyspaces.Withouridea(aboutflow),weintend
toshufflepassengersandgatheralightingpassengersatthedoor.This
requiresinteractionsbetweenstrangers,whichpassengersmaybeunwilling
toengagein.Hence,weneededasystemwhichhelpsreducesuchawkward
interactionsbetweenstrangers.
MMethodsforIndication:
1)Pushbutton
Intuitive.Similartoexistingsystemusedbybuses
Noteasilyaccessibleforeveryone
Doesnothelppin-pointindividualswhoarealighting
2)Sensor(detectviawaving)
Easilyaccessibleforallpassengers
Catchestheattentionofotherpassengers
3)SmartphoneApp
Manycommutersarealreadyusingtheirphones
onthetrain
Usersmightfindittobeahassleasthiswillbean
additionalitemtheywillneedfortravel
2)PathwayGeneration
Motivations:
BasedBasedontheresultsofoursurvey,werealisedthatthemainfactorwhich
deterredpassengersfrom movingawayfrom theexitswasthedifficultyin
alighting.Withthisinmind,wewishedtomakealightingmucheasierfor
passengers,bygeneratingapath(markedoutwithLED lights)onwhich
alightingpassengerswouldhavetherightofway.
MethodsforPathwayGeneration:
1)FlowAlgorithm
Requireslessmovementof
non-alightingpassengers.
Pathstailoredforeachalighting
passenger
Costsrequiredtoinstallandmaintain
systemforgeneratedpathsonthefloor
Notaesthethicallypleasing-multiplegeneratedpathscouldappearmessy
2)SingularFlow
Simple
Fixedandpredictablepathforpassengers
Moreshiftingofpassenger
Asimpleinterfaceforthe
smartphoneapp
Generatedpathsonthefloorformultiple
alightingpassengers
Singlepathforallalighting
passengerstofollow