Table of Contents

Foreword. Prologue. 1. Principles of Interior Circulation. 2. Circulation in Shopping Centres. 3. Circulation on Escalator Landings. 4. Principles of Lift Traffic Design. 5. Evaluating the Round Trip Time Equation. 6. Determination of Passenger Demand. 7. Uppeak Traffic Calculations, Limitations and Assumptions. 8. Special Situations and their Effect on the Round Trip Equation. 9. General Philosophy of Lift Traffic Design by Calculation. 10. Classic Traffic Control. 11. Computer Traffic Control. 12. Uppeak: Dissection and Paradigm. 13. Down Peak: Dissertation and Hypothesis. 14. Interfloor Traffic: Debate and Pragmatism. 15. Review of Traffic Patterns (Including Mid Day Traffic). 16. Simulation and Computer Aided Design. Appendices. References. Index.

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