지하철 역사에서의 길찾기 문제요소 비교 연구 - 서울역과 신도림역을 중심으로 -

Abstract

In order to travel avoiding congestion, subway, the representative public transportation, should be based on the convenience of passengers and clear way-finding. However, way-finding issue in subway is still controversial. In particular, the weight of the traffic intensity caused by floating population can lead passengers to wander around by obstructing recognition of way-finding information. Compared to prior studies that mainly looked into the realm of spatial structure of way-finding issue, this study aims at verifying the importance of analysis of time issue. To investigate the relationship between way-finding and floating population, observational assessment was conducted each day, Monday to Sunday, on a hourly basis in Shindorim station and Seoul station, where three or more transfers are available and showed rapid increase in floating population during the commuting hours. In order to maintain the objectivity of the survey, 2 professional researchers and 12 members of Citizen Research Group of Seoul Design Foundation conducted the on-site survey for a month and the comparative analysis of way-finding factors in the two stations. The analysis showed that way-finding/the information was delivered depending on the intensity of floating population/people passing by the station, on when people were exposed to the information. Therefore, it might be better to consider each spatial issue by conducting time-related survey and analysis when we provide way-finding information and installation guideline.