A How-To Recipe for establishing an Efficient Transportation Hub in a Major City
As the number of passengers that need to connect with intra-site transportation in a major city grows, if the intra-city networks are outside a site, getting the passengers out to the intra-city station can create major congestion gridlok
Develop a close-in transpiration hub very early. This needs to be done before the city has a chance to grow into key vacant land.
The intra-city transportation networks have to be tied to the main transport network within the city. Thus all these lines should converge at one hub
Intra-city Passenger Rail Line(s). ???
Intra-city Tram Line(s). ????
Regional Airport. ????
City backbone bus routs. These are high-volume bus routes that reach into the most populated parts of a city. The strategy is to provide direct and quick transportation for citizens looking to travel between cities.
City backbone Tram Lines. Same mission as the backbone buses described above. However, tram lines can provide higher transportation without concession (see the section called “Tram Right-of-way”). volumes
Presented below in Figure 1, “A Close-in Transportation Hub for Hillton”is a close-in transportation hub for a city name Hillton. The simulation started in 1930 and Hillton had a population of about 2,000 people. This picture is from 1944 and Hillton has grown to over 5,500 people.
Hillton's transportation hub is a station name "Hillton Airport / Hub." In 1944 this hub averages 5,000 to 6,000 departing passengers a month.
The Hillton Transportation Hub has:
Regional Airport. The Hillton airport handles air travel for the region. The airport provides service to two other regional airports.
Passenger commute to and from the airport via two major tram lines. They also commute to and from Hillton via a backbone tram and buses routes.
Western Tram Network. This is a tram network that services three mid-size cities. This tram network has its own station - the covered platforms on the lower left part of the hub.
Easter Tram Network. This is a tram network servicing one large site and three mid-size sites. This tram network is a dual line route - one inbound and one outbound - (see tracks on lower right). It has dual platforms so that more than one tram at a time can be loading (see the two covered platform on the right of the hub.
City Backbone Tram . This is a high volume tram line servicing the core of Hillton. It is a loop that can have multiple trams operational.
City Bus Stop. This is a connection point for parts of the city not serviced by the tram network. It was also used in the early years for intra-city bus routes prior to region trans service being built.
This stop was also used in the early years for intra-city bus routes prior to region trans service being built.
Very large transportation hubs, with a large variety of transportation types, can be created by incrementally adding new stations that touch an existing hub. Remember that stations are considered touching if they are on an adjacent square or even a diagonal share (they touch only at the corner).
Below is the link to download the simulation file that contains the Hillton Hub.