4.2 METHODOLOGYOFSTUDY

study of pedestrian behaviour in subwaystation based on observation pedestrian data processing study of pedestrian behaviour using agent based model

An agent based model is capable of explaining pedestrian behaviour in the underground space connected to subway station space type classification based on pedestrian behaviour Analysis pedestrian movement at the observation location Time classification for going to work and leaving work analysis of comparison

Analysis of agent based model simulation and different simple linear regression analysis agent passing through

4.3 Identification of major hotspots

There are various software programs such as exodus ,simulex, path finder and unity 3d which support agent based model to analyse and predict behaviour. However these programs are primarily designed for emergency evacuation scenarios and are not suitable for analysing pedestrian behaviour in subway in daily environment.

Guindy bus stop :

Huge bus stop which connects major areas in Chennai and greater Chennai , so numerous number of pedestrian uses the Guindy bus top as daily environment

Guindy bus stop is a major transit hub located in Chennai which serves as transportation point for buses and trains . The main reasons for overcrowding and congestion at this location is due to the high volume of commuters who uses the transportation hub on their daily basis environment

It is been located in a densely populated area and it is surrounded by several it sector , commercial buildings ,educational institutes and dense residential areas which adds high footfall to the location, lack of proper infrastructure and facility for public at Guindy bus stops add to the chaos and congestion inadequate parking facility and trains to accommodate the peoples demand.

User group who uses Guindy bus top on their daily basis :

Daily commuters: Many pedestrian who lived in out skirts and greater Chennai uses Guindy bus stop as transit hub to travel to their various work places in Chennai.

Students : The Guindy bus stop is located in heart of several institutions including anna university and iit madras and other popular schools and institutions

Bus stop becomes over crowded by students during 7:00 to 9:00am and 3:00am and 4:00pm in weekdays.

Tourist : Guindy is also home to several tourist attractions, including the Guindy national park ,raj bhavan and snake park etc

Shoppers : the Guindy bus stop is located near several commercial establishment including phoenix market city and grand mall which attracts lots shoppers to Guindy

Guindy railway station

Guindy railway station is major transit hub in Chennai it falls on the line of Chennai beach to Chengalpattu railway station and it is the one of major transit hub in Chennai. It overcrowded and congested during peak hours due to various user groups because it is located in densely populated areas and serves as a transit point for various commuters who travel various parts of Chennai and its out skirts In morning peak hours are between 7:00 to 9:00pm and while in evening 5:00pm to 8:00pm during these period of time the station becomes over crowded with commuters

Guindy metro station

The Guindy neighbourhood of Chennai, India, is served by the Guindy metro station, which is situated on the Green Line of the Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL). Since its opening in 2015, the station has developed into a crucial transit hub for the neighbourhood, linking travellers to various areas of the city

• There are two entrances to Guindy Metro Station one on Grand Southern Trunk Road and the other on Inner Ring Road.

• The station has two floors, with the trains on the bottom level and the ticket booths, security checks, and platform access on the upper level.

• It runs between which runs between St Thomas Mount and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Metro Station

Proximity

500 Meters from station

•Guindy Suburban Railway station

•Guindy Race Course Office Bus Stop

•Telephone Exchange Bus Stop

•Guindy Bus Terminal

•Guindy Industrial Estate Bus Stop

•Azarkana Bus Stop

•Guindy Bus Stop

•Guindy Post office

•DGP Office, Guindy

•SIDCO, Guindy

•Guindy Sub Station

•Guindy Taluk Office

•Department of Posts India

•Police Station

•Raadha Rajendran Hospital

•Sri Balaji Hospital

•Gandhi Market

•National Matriculation Higher secondary school

•Arsha Vidya Mandir

•Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University

•Annai Velankanni’s College ofArts and Science

•The Ashram School

•Madras Race Club

•Madras Gymkhana Golf Annexe

•Guindy Race Course Gallery

•Velachery Aquatic Complex

•Chennai Corporation Park

Keyplan

As sown in above key plan the subway is connecteed various transit hubs. Guindy bus stop were divided into three parts based on their destinations. bus stop which on road side consist of passengers waiting for intracity buses and private buses which connects to vaious parts of tamilnadu

Bus top is over crowded during peak hours morning hours from 7 :30 to 10am in weekdays due to students and it professionals. Bus circulates in a average of 7 to 10 bus for each 5mins .Pedestrians circulates around 15 to 25 people depart or boards on each bus during peak hours Most of the who depart from the bus moves to through to acess railway station and metro.

As per observation during peak hours in huge crowd passes in regular interval of 50 sec to 1minute for each minute avg of 135 pedestrian enters the subway from bus stop pedestrian path towards subway integrated with small shops of street vendors bus top to subway connecting paved pathway towards bus stop pathway act as an shopping complex pedestriaan can acess towards guindy flyover metro entrance to ticket gate over bridge(recently adde) which connects to both platform of railway station old over bridge for railway station towards parking of railway station

Peak Hour Derivation

Peak hours: during week days in morning 8 am to 10 am and 5 pm to 7 pm in evening . during holidays 9am to 11am and 6pm to 8pm in evening

Peakhour Distribution

Graph is based quantitative study of various users waiting in guindy subway during peak hours in week days

It is narrow underground path of 5 6 meter wide and length of 34meters meters the width of the subway is divided in two by an gaurdrail of height 0.8 meters .height of the subway is around 2.750 meters .it is made up of concrete , brick and cladded with tiles in interior wall of subway. Non slippery tiles used as pavement Both inlet and outlet are 4 meters wide with capacity 8 to 10 people enter at the same time in some area in exit riser is more than 0 2 meters which affects the flow of pedestrian traveling through it .Subway is used by lakhs and lakhs of people but it is not a barrier free design the subway is cant be acessed by special people