“USS Transit Station Simulation” demonstration and documentation film

ABSTRACT

“USS Transit Station Simulation” is a 19-minute, 16 mm, color and sound motion picture developed for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration to demonstrate and document the operation of the subject simulation model. The film is intended to assist potential users in understanding the dynamics of model operation and the steps in using the model. Color-coded symbology is used to represent transit vehicles, passengers, and passenger queues as passengers arrive, depart and are processed through a transit station. A series of experiments conducted on simplified networks is shown to illustrate key features of the model and the effects of input parameter settings on model operation. The use of the model to compare two alternative designs for the case study station described in the user's manual is also illustrated.

REFERENCES

• 1: Software Systems Development Program Transit Station Simulation User's Guide, Draft report UTP.PMM. 75.1.1, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., Office of Transit Planning, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Washington, D.C. (1975).
• 2: Joline, E. S., Use of Computer-Generated Films for Documentation and Demonstration of Transportation Simulation Models, presented at 1976 annual meeting of Transportation Research Board session on computer graphics and interactive techniques.
• 3: Fruin, John J. Pedestrian Planning and Design. Metropolitan Association of Urban Designers and Environmental Planners (1971).

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
        I.2.10 Vision and Scene Understanding

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.6 SIMULATION AND MODELING
      I.6.5 Model Development
          Subjects: Modeling methodologies

General Terms:
Theory

Keywords:
Computer graphics, Motion picture, Pedestrian planning, Simulation, Transit stations