Multimodal transfer at urban rail station has good effects to yield a larger usage of theurban rail transit system, and at the same time may alleviate the traffic load on the urbanroad network. However, urban rail transit heavily relies on the access and egress transit,hence on the corresponding transfer facilities. Therefore, passengers’ choice depends onthe design of transfer facilities at urban rail station area to a great extent. An improvementin these transfer facilities is to promote integration level, which may attract passengers tourban rail transit more conveniently. In this paper, we focus on the transfer coupling statusof multimodal transfer facilities at urban rail stations. To this end, multimodal transfersystem at urban rail stations is dissected regarding urban rail transit trip chain from originto destination and multimodal modes in station area. Transfer distance matrix is proposedas a useful tool to show equivalent walking distance (EWD) between transfer facilities tourban rail transit, which shows types of transit facilities, location and number of allfacilities and practical walking distance clearly during access transfer trip and egresstransfer trip. Multimodal transfer coupling concept at urban rail station is put forward toanalyze integration level problem, after which transfer coupling model is established,including transfer coupling degree for multimodal modes and different entrances. Fieldobservation of urban rail station was conducted at Lelylaan station in the city of Amsterdam,and coupling status analysis derived from the collected data is discussed. The models couldhave a reasonably good fit to practical case, and the findings presented in this study arethus directly valuable for planners and designers aimed at improving urban rail transitridership.
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