The correlation between the number of security scanning devices, their capacity and passenger traffic

Abstract

Background: There is a situation today where the major passenger buildings are lacking the required passenger traffic capacity. This issue has come about as a result of aligning the requirements of the Federal Law on Transport Safety into the buildings design. The problem remains relevant and therefore needs to be addressed.
 Aim: The paper seeks to examine the correlation between the number of transport safety technical devices for scanning passengers bodies and luggage, the device operation time and incoming passenger traffic. This will be done in order to develop recommendations for changing the legislative framework in the field of transport safety and to estimate the advisability of using transport safety technical devices at railway stations, taking into account passenger traffic capacity.
 Methods: The study is based on the theory of multi-channel public service system with an unlimited line. The calculations are based on the assumption, that the peak passenger traffic through the passenger devices is stationary.
 Results: The paper finds the correlation between the number of transport safety technical devices, their capacity and the length of the line of passengers waiting for passing into the passenger buildings.
 Conclusion: The results can be used as a feasibility study of transport safety technical devices, that are installed at the entrance of passenger buildings during their construction, reconstruction or modernization. For the existing buildings the found correlation will help to understand whether it is technically possible to provide the station with the required passenger traffic capacity or it will take capital investments for its reconstruction.