B - Operations – Transporting – 61 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
61
B
B61B 1/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2644794
The "Subway Barrier Wall with Enhanced Passenger Flow" is different from that of traditional platform screen doors or platform edge doors in that passenger flow technology is built into this product due to the fact that the location is specifically designed to be well set back from the train pit in order to allow passenger flow between the subway train and the subway barrier only when the train is in the station. This wall is comprised of several smaller openings and several larger openings, using automated glass door openings to which the openings no longer need to line up with existed subway train door openings as did previous platform doors had to. The different size door openings also represent the necessary peak flow passenger flow needs. For example smaller door openings are for lower volume passenger flow needs, and larger door openings are for higher volume passenger flow needs. Furthermore, the "subway barrier wall with enhanced passenger flow" is also ideally intended to include directional passenger flow signage and or a traffic light system located attached and or above each of the automated door openings. Directional traffic flow signage would also be indicated on the interior subway car doors. The larger door openings are intended for singular passenger flow in the direction of the larger volume needs. The direction of the passenger flow within the larger door openings would "change direction" from a morning rush hour commuter traffic to an evening rush hour commuter traffic. For example, in the morning the larger door openings would be a singular passenger "outward flow" at the centre of the business hub of a city (often the highest volume station), and than in the evening, the "going home" commute would change to a singular "inward flow" direction on the larger door openings. Several passenger flow plans are made possible using the "subway barrier wall with enhanced passenger flow" due to the fact of its' capability to not only separate subway passenger flow, also provide singular passenger flow in and off of subway trains, but also it essentially removes the traditional "wall of people" problem that is experienced worldwide in subway transportation. The theory is that a subway system can only be as efficient as its' highest volume station. In increasing the efficiency of passenger flow during rush hour commutes and significantly reducing dwell times, more trains can travel to metropolitan cities during peak flow periods thereby taking thousands, more likely millions of annual automobile commute trips off our also gridlocked highways.
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Yetman Sharon
LandOfFree
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