Abstract
Modern urban and metropolitan areas face numerous problems associated with transport activity, such as pollution, congestion, noise or traffic incidents. One of the solutions to cope with these issues may be encouraging people to use means of public transport instead of private cars. However, that requires the fulfillment of demands that present, as well as potential, passengers have. One of the most important passengers' demands is safety of all operations of public transport. In case of tram transport one aspect of safety is associated with the process of boarding the tram and alighting from it at stops separated from tram tracks by roadway, which forces passengers to enter the road. It is hazardous for all passengers and poses an additional risk for disabled passengers. In this paper an analysis of interactions between tram passengers and drivers of road vehicles at such tram stops, during the boarding and alighting from the tram was performed. For that purpose also a classification of tram stops stations was conducted, with the number of traffic lanes that passengers have to pass through being the main criterion. Also, the review of literature on this subject was conducted. For the research during the pilot study the tram network in Metropolis GZM in southern Poland was chosen and all tram stops stations on the network were inspected in order to obtain characteristics necessary for classification. Research during this pilot study allowed to identify conflict interactions that take place at tram stops. Examples of such interactions have been presented in the paper. Paper also contains conclusions and propositions of changes that may be implemented at tram stops that may lead to increase of the level of safety of passengers who try to board the tram or alight from the tram.
Highlights
Transport activity has become an inseparable element of life in modern urban areas
This paper summarizes the pilot study of the interactions between tram passengers and road vehicles at tram stops
5.1 General remarks and description of chosen location The main goal of the pilot study was the identification of conflict interactions between tram passengers and road vehicles
Summary
Transport activity has become an inseparable element of life in modern urban areas. Development of means of transport makes travelling safer, faster and more comfortable. People are travelling more often and the set of potential trip purposes and destinations is expanding It leads to numerous problems associated with transport activity, especially in large urban areas, where the number of cars is bigger in comparison with rural areas. Transport activity in urban or metropolitan areas leads to the problem of congestion, which causes time and energy wastes and imposes additional costs (Rao & Rao, 2012). Traffic incidents are another area of negative impact of transport.
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