Abstract
In urban railway, heavy congestion can be observed in the proximity of gate exit on the platform due to the congestion of morning rush hour. In this study, congestion charge for railway car is proposed and its effect on the congestion alleviation on the platform is measured. In the analysis, survival analysis is employed for estimating willingness to pay for congestion charge and proper price for the congestion charge is determined. On the basis of the result of survival analysis, passengers in the congested cars are shifted to non-congested cars. Subsequently, impact of congestion alleviation is measured by using pedestrian movement simulation, Viswalk. As a result of simulation analysis, in case 20 and 100 yen are charged for congested cars, it is revealed that the number of pedestrian in the proximity of west gate exit at peak time is reduced by 27 and 25 pedestrians and delay time per pedestrian is shortened by 12.25 and 16.81 seconds, respectively. Consequently, congestion charge on the railway cars is an effective measure to alleviate the congestion on the platform.
