Metro station naming strategies in selected megacities and lessons for new metro systems
| Autor: | Anna Fraszczyk, Phumin Kirawanich, Waressara Weerawat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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050210 logistics & transportation
05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies Metro maps Context (language use) Sample (statistics) 02 engineering and technology Mass rapid transit Transport engineering Metro station Megacity Geography Scale (social sciences) 021105 building & construction 0502 economics and business |
| Zdroj: | Transportation Research Procedia. 48:2608-2620 |
| ISSN: | 2352-1465 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.trpro.2020.08.250 |
| Popis: | There were 31 megacities in the world in 2016 and 10 more are expected to join the group by 2030. Most of the old megacities developed their Mass Rapid Transit systems many decades ago, while some of the aspiring megacities are in the process of building their MRT systems today. Building infrastructure is just one aspect of the system, while naming stations is another. This study analysed metro station names in seven selected megacities across five continents in order to understand naming strategies better by looking at patters, rules and any other guidance that could be applied to stations being part of new systems. Results presented in the study reveal that the shortest station names in the sample are in Tokyo (on average 10 characters and 1.3 words) while the longest are in New York City (on average 16 characters and 2.6 words). Also, a closer look at metro maps shows that some systems apply bi-lingual station names with national and English languages used. In-depth analysis of the selected metro systems allowed to identify key drivers for station naming strategies, which often are unique to a system and deeply rooted in a local context. For example, in New York City and Bangkok street-based names are most popular (89% vs. 41%) while in Sao Paulo, Cairo and London an area name is a dominant station name category (53% vs. 33% vs. 24+%). Person’s names are quite popular as station names in Cairo (26%) and Sao Paulo (20%). Organisations’ names however are not that common, although some systems allow for example university-based names, such as Helwan University (Cairo) or 116 Street-Colombia University (New York City). In addition, New York City, Cairo and Delhi metro systems allow station naming rights to be purchased by a private company, but a scale of this phenomenon and their rules differ. Results presented in the paper review existing metro station naming strategies and provide lessons for new or under construction metro systems. Recommendations include a set of steps which could be taken into account by megacities and other cities debating on best metro station naming strategies to be applied in their unique context. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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