Abstract
Recently, various retail shops are installed in the railway stations in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (TMA). Many passengers enjoy shopping and window-shopping while transferring trains, and waiting in the station. Such passenger behavior causes issues such as crossing of the passengers’ flow and the decline in walking speed. Therefore, it is important to consider such behavioral patterns in the planning and management of facilities in the railway station. Pedestrian simulation model is a powerful analytical tool for determining optimal layout of facilities. So far, many pedestrian simulation models have been developed. These models can reproduce the average walking speed, and sectional pedestrian volume. However, these models do not consider behavioral patterns in visiting the facilities into consideration. For developing the pedestrian simulation model applicable also to the facilities arrangement planning, the study conducts a basis analysis aimed to grasp passengers’ visitation patterns of facilities in the railway station.
