CHOSEN IDEA: MANAGING HUMAN FLOW AND ZONING

DONE BY :

GABRIEL CHEK, CHRISTOPHER WICKS, CANDICE LIM, NG RUONING, LEONG KENG HOE, OOI YEE ERN & ALVIN TAN

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OVERVIEW IDEATION PROCESS PROTOTYPING / EXPERIMENTS FINAL DESIGN CONCLUSION

REASONS FOR CHOOSING:

1) Achieves the dual purpose of alleviating congestion during alighting and increasing comfort levels.

2) Allays passengers’ fear of being unable to alight.

3) More cost efficient.

4)4) Requires less changes to existing infrastructure.

METHODS

1) Indication from alighting passengers

Motivations:

UponUpon conducting a survey, we found out that many of our respondents were shy to ask others to move into empty spaces within the train/to make way for them to move into these empty spaces. With our idea (about flow), we intend to shuffle passengers and gather alighting passengers at the door. This requires interactions between strangers, which passengers may be unwilling to engage in. Hence, we needed a system which helps reduce such awkward interactions between strangers.

MMethods for Indication:

1) Push button

Intuitive. Similar to existing system used by buses

Not easily accessible for everyone Does not help pin-point individuals who are alighting

2) Sensor (detect via waving)

Easily accessible for all passengers

Catches the attention of other passengers

3) Smartphone App

Many commuters are already using their phones on the train

Users might find it to be a hassle as this will be an additional item they will need for travel

2) Pathway Generation

Motivations:

BasedBased on the results of our survey, we realised that the main factor which deterred passengers from moving away from the exits was the difficulty in alighting. With this in mind, we wished to make alighting much easier for passengers, by generating a path (marked out with LED lights) on which alighting passengers would have the right of way.

Methods for Pathway Generation:

1) Flow Algorithm

Requires less movement of non-alighting passengers. Paths tailored for each alighting passenger

Costs required to install and maintain system forgenerated paths on the floor

Not aesthethically pleasing - multiple generated paths could appear messy

2) Singular Flow

Simple

Fixed and predictable path for passengers

More shifting of passenger

A simple interface for the smartphone app

Generated paths on the floor for multiple alighting passengers

Single path for all alighting passengers to follow