Relation Between Building Use and Accessibility with Number of Railway System Passengers in Bangkok Case Study of Sukhumvit Line and Silom Line.

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between the characteristics of building use and the accessibility to access areas compares with the number of railway system passengers in Bangkok. By studying the area around the stations at the radius of 500 meters of the BTS Sukhumvit Line and Silom Line in a total of 33 stations. The purpose of this research is to correlate and group the characteristics of the area around the station to propose the developing guidelines for areas around the station to maximum capacity.  The results of the study using Correlation coefficient, commercial built-up area, public assistance built-up area, exchange station, bus directions, public car parking capacity and public van directions. All that are mentioned are also related to the number of passengers in each station. and the effect of grouping the features of the station using analytical methods grouped (Cluster analysis) with the Hierarchical Cluster Analysis technique based on values, building use and accessibility which were able to classify the features into 3 group. These results classification shows building use and accessibility effect on numbers of railway system passengers.   The results of the study lead to the proposal to develop the area around the station by developing the use of the building appropriately. Including the development of a secondary railway system passengers, increasing the potential for access to the area around the stations according to the characteristics of the station in order to effectively use the area around the stations.