• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.437-445
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• 2015

The layout of facilities, in relation to information and navigational displays, has great influence on subway satisfaction, and tend to vary depending on the types of subway platform and transit station. However, until now, few studies have covered such aspects as of yet. Starting from this viewpoint, the purpose of this study was to use an IPA analysis technique to analyze that satisfaction on the importance of facilities to aid in accessibility, such as elevators and escalators, transit amenities and information and navigational displays depending on the types of platform and transit station. To do so, we've classified 15 metropolitan stations according to types of platform and transit station and analyzed differences in user importance and satisfaction as well as improvements for platforms and transit stations of similar type. By the analysis results of this study, we've concluded that the proper selection and positioning of elevator and escalator facilities and information and navigational displays was important when designing the subway station according to platform type (separate platform) and or according to the transit station type (cross, L, T types) where pedestrian flow heavily intersected. We considered that such analysis results would be helpful in the design of new stations and the enhancement of existing stations pursuant to a new direction that minimizes user inconvenience, and that improvement items should be developed first according to the platform and transit station types, which would be helpful in enhancing the efficiency of the subway improvement cost.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.31-40
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• 2008

The indicators of an advanced society include the overall level of life quality and satisfaction among all the members. The overall life quality has close relationships with accessibility to urban space for the social weak. Access to facilities of interest and right of mobility in urban space are very important issues to the weak class in terms of transportation including the visually handicapped. In particular, great significance is endowed upon transfer facilities, which play mediating roles between facilities like passenger facilities, and the convenience facilities inside for the disabled, which are usually the only means for the disabled to access each facility. As they are provided to the visually handicapped as well, it's very important to analyze the concerned spatial distribution and offer the results. The previous studies on the subject, however, merely covered the perceptions of the users and the related statistical analysis. This study set out to analyze non-barrier space to promote the utilization of convenience facilities at passenger facilities by the visually handicapped and to secure their right of mobility by using a GIS for spatial analysis based on spatial data. The results show that it's urgent to supplement the existing space for the handicapped and that it's necessary to expand convenience facilities for the disabled such as paths with Braille points on them to promote their use of diverse convenience facilities inside.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.730-738
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• 2010

In the development of railroad station area, there are many factors about business management, but the interest of railroad users is an important factor as customer satisfaction. It is necessary to have the quality estimation of railroad service, and important factors of service as customer satisfaction aspects can be supply, reliability, convenience, and safety. In this study, primary factors are deduced in the efficiency aspects of railroad station facilities from analyzing relative importance index using AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) methods. The most high rank important factor is railroad station user facilities, and the AHP importance index of passenger facilities and elevator facilities for KORAIL personnel and facility users is index. The third of KORAIL personnel is movement facilities, but facility users index is sanitation. And the low important factors of KORAIL personnel and facility users are shown as the platform in passenger facilities, the rest facilities in waiting room, the escalator in going up and coming down facilities, the escalator in movement facilities, the raised letters block in guide facilities, and the parking lot in subsidiary facilities.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.870-873
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• 2011

The circumstance as platform and tunnel is very important in evacuation from passenger train car on fire. The comparison of egress modeling by SIMULEX, PATHFINDER, STEPS was conducted in order to analyze for the influence of platform to egress from subway car. Model subway car is seoul metro subway car. Model platform was designed by code 'Complementary design guide for connecting and convenience facilities, and urban subway station'.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.893-899
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• 2012

This paper suggests some strategies for the regional regeneration of Baegun Railway station and surrounding area. One is the reduction of the regional unbalance in those divided into two parts, the other is multi-dimentional plan through the efficient land-use on the side area of railway. For these regional regeneration, providing integrated transit system for the passenger's convenience, connecting existing green axis and creating green zone covering the railway, modifying and improvement of residential environment are suggested.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1768-1776
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• 2007

This paper suggests a new Level of Service (LOS) for a pedestrian facility in a transportation transfer center. They include the road, stair, and waiting place for a pedestrian. A current situation of several pedestrian facility was surveyed for the existing transportation transfer center at both Seoul and Pusan metropolitan cities. A new LOS was developed based on the output according to foreign criteria as well as an interview of pedestrians for their satisfaction.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.412-418
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• 2012

This paper suggests some strategies for the regional regeneration of Dongincheon Railway station and surrounding area. One is the reduction of the regional unbalance in those divided into two parts, the other is multi-dimentional plan through the efficient land-use on the side area of railway. For these regional refurbishment Plan, organizing the integrated transit system for the passenger's convenience, connecting existing commercial area and existing northen station square, modernization and improvement of environment are suggested.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.53-57
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• 2004

'서울의 길목'으로 상징되는 서울역은 지난 100여년 동안 우리 현대사의 영욕과 함께 하며, 서울을 대표하는 대중교통의 중심지로 대변되어 왔다. 그리고 현재 프랑스, 일본, 독일, 스페인에 이어 세계 5번째로 시속 300km의 꿈의 속도를 자랑하는 고속철도(KTX)를 보유하게 됨에 따라 국가적 위상과 국민의 자긍심을 드높일 수 있는 새로운 역사 건립이 필요하게 되었다. 또한, 강북의 새로운 문화창조와 서울의 교통중심지로서의 역할의 중요성에 따른 도시의 균형적 발전을 위해 지하철 고객편의를 위한 환승통로, 대중교통(버스.택시)과 연계되는 승강장 신설 등의 기능을 포함한 약 30,000평 규모의 판매 및 영업시설을 갖춘 새로운 서울역을 건립하게 되었다. (중략)

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.167-178
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• 2023

Our society is rapidly changing, and there is a growing demand for various convenience services in our daily lives. Among these services, railway and subway stations require tailored wayfinding services to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Currently, signage and information desks are the primary means of navigation. However, individuals with disabilities often rely on assistance from others due to physical discomfort or cognitive impairments. In this paper, we propose a customized wayfinding system within railway stations to assist individuals with disabilities. This system aims to ensure safe and convenient mobility in complex indoor environments, including transfer facilities.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.405-411
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• 2016

Seoul city is publishing new plans to increase modal share rate of bicycle every year, such as, maintaining bicycle related facilities. But bicycle's modal share rate in Seoul stayed same for the last decade and people are still facing difficulties using bicycle related facilities. These problems are causing bicycle usage as connecting transportation of public transit to decrease. This study looked at the high bicycle modal countries, such as, Netherlands, Germany and Japan to find applicable solutions by analyzing cases and comparing them with cases of highly populated subway station of Sindorim in Seoul. For example, in Germany and Netherlands there is bicycle-parking system to help bikers to access subway easier, in Japan there is underground bicycle parking tower to safely keep high volume of bicycles with in small space. For Seoul city to increase its modal share rate, they should look at problems from users' prospective and solve it by fixing it and improving the services, not by making more facilities.