Commuter characteristics in mass rapid transit stations in Singapore

Fire Safety Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-191

  Yeo, Swee Khiank ^a   He, Yaping ^b  

^a LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commuters; Evacuation

Indexed keywords

FIRES; SPEED; STAIRS; VIDEO RECORDING;

AGE GROUPS; COMMUTER; EVACUATION; FIRE ALARM; FIRE ESCAPES; GENERAL POPULATION; GENERAL PUBLICS; MASS RAPID TRANSIT; SINGAPORE; WALKING SPEED;

SURVEYS;

EID: 57649194793     PISSN: 03797112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.firesaf.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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