Moving walkways are continuous transport facilities to transfer pedestrians to their
destination with higher speed and less physical effort. In this work, we aim to investigate the …

Moving walkways have been used for people transport for more than a century. One of the
latest innovations in this field is the Accelerating Moving Walkway (AMW), which provides …

Since its inception in 1955, when Delta Airlines pioneered the hub-and-spoke system at
their Atlanta hub, airports have been engaged in fierce competition to ensure efficient and …

As moving walkways (MWs) are being used in larger airport terminals, train stations and so
on, there is growing concern about their impact on the crowd movement. Some existing …

A moving walkway (also denoted as moving sidewalk, travelator, autowalk, pedestrian
conveyor, or skywalk) is a slow moving conveyor that transports standing or walking people …

Airport terminal facilities continue to increase in size due to the trend of increasing demand
at our nation's regional and international airports. Airport operators have introduced various …

The use of hub-and-spoke networks has enabled airlines to provide increased operating
efficiency and service at a lower cost to consumers. However, such hub operation generates …

Du fait du vieillissement de la population, l'accessibilité des personnes âgées lors de leurs
déplacements est un enjeu grandissant. Avec l'âge, les capacités motrices et cognitives …

This dissertation focuses on the use of passenger conveyance systems and modeling
passenger flow in airport terminals. The successfully designed airport concourse must …

The need for realistic measures of passenger benefit resulting from infrastructure
investments at airports has returned to the forefront of concern for airport planners. This is …