Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia

Dwell time is a key parameter of system performance, service reliability and quality in any mode of public transportation and represents a significant portion of the total trip time along a serviced transit line. One major component of dwell times is the alighting and boarding time of passengers,...

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Main Author:	Hor, Peay San
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.1912021-07-06T07:56:39Z Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia 2018-11 Hor, Peay San TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering Dwell time is a key parameter of system performance, service reliability and quality in any mode of public transportation and represents a significant portion of the total trip time along a serviced transit line. One major component of dwell times is the alighting and boarding time of passengers, also known as passenger flow time (PFT). This mainly depends on the number of passengers alighting and boarding and the speed they do it. In Malaysia, there has yet to be an extensive study conducted on the alighting and boarding process in urban rail services. Thus, the aim of this research is to develop a predictive model to estimate the PFT through a train door of light rail transit (LRT) at KL Sentral. With this model, the main factors affetcting the PFT at a door and characteristics of the process of alighting and boarding were able to be identified. Data collection for this research was conducted both empirically and experimentally. Empirical data was collected at KL Sentral LRT station during peak hours (07:00 to 09:00 hrs) and non-peak hours (17:00 to 19:00 hrs) for a period of one week. Observations show that passengers at KL Sentral behave differently in the way they alight and board the train during peak and non-peak hours. Results reveal that the main factors affecting the PFT at a train door are the volume of alighters and boarders and the level of crowdedness in the train. It was also found that it is more relevant to apply separate models for peak hour and non-peak hours of the LRT passengers due to the different ways of alighting and boarding the train. With the models developed using the experimental approach and calibrated with the empirical data, the models proved to be significant in estimating the PFT of LRT users at KL Sentral. This will enable the rail service operator to estimate the optimum dwell time for passengers to alight and board the train during peak and non-peak hours. Besides, they can estimate the frequency of the train during peak and non-peak hours to ensure the maximum efficiency and effectiveness of the LRT system. 2018-11 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/191/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/191/1/24p%20HOR%20PEAY%20SAN.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/191/2/HOR%20PEAY%20SAN%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/191/3/HOR%20PEAY%20SAN%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser phd doctoral Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam dan Alam Bina
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language	English English English
topic	TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering
spellingShingle	TA1001-1280 Transportation engineering Hor, Peay San Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia
description	Dwell time is a key parameter of system performance, service reliability and quality in any mode of public transportation and represents a significant portion of the total trip time along a serviced transit line. One major component of dwell times is the alighting and boarding time of passengers, also known as passenger flow time (PFT). This mainly depends on the number of passengers alighting and boarding and the speed they do it. In Malaysia, there has yet to be an extensive study conducted on the alighting and boarding process in urban rail services. Thus, the aim of this research is to develop a predictive model to estimate the PFT through a train door of light rail transit (LRT) at KL Sentral. With this model, the main factors affetcting the PFT at a door and characteristics of the process of alighting and boarding were able to be identified. Data collection for this research was conducted both empirically and experimentally. Empirical data was collected at KL Sentral LRT station during peak hours (07:00 to 09:00 hrs) and non-peak hours (17:00 to 19:00 hrs) for a period of one week. Observations show that passengers at KL Sentral behave differently in the way they alight and board the train during peak and non-peak hours. Results reveal that the main factors affecting the PFT at a train door are the volume of alighters and boarders and the level of crowdedness in the train. It was also found that it is more relevant to apply separate models for peak hour and non-peak hours of the LRT passengers due to the different ways of alighting and boarding the train. With the models developed using the experimental approach and calibrated with the empirical data, the models proved to be significant in estimating the PFT of LRT users at KL Sentral. This will enable the rail service operator to estimate the optimum dwell time for passengers to alight and board the train during peak and non-peak hours. Besides, they can estimate the frequency of the train during peak and non-peak hours to ensure the maximum efficiency and effectiveness of the LRT system.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Hor, Peay San
author_facet	Hor, Peay San
author_sort	Hor, Peay San
title	Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia
title_short	Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia
title_full	Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia
title_fullStr	Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia
title_sort	development of passenger flow time (pft) model for light rail transit (lrt) users at kl sentral malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam dan Alam Bina
publishDate	2018
url	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/191/1/24p%20HOR%20PEAY%20SAN.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/191/2/HOR%20PEAY%20SAN%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/191/3/HOR%20PEAY%20SAN%20WATERMARK.pdf
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Development of passenger flow time (PFT) model for light rail transit (LRT) users at KL Sentral Malaysia

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