Passenger intermodal terminal stations: role and infrastructure

Abstract

This paper on passenger intermodal terminal stations is from the proceedings of 14th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, which was held in Malta in 2008. The authors focus on the role of public transportation, utilizing various modes of transit, as a solution to the growing need for relieving traffic congestion, the associated environmental problems and the continuously increasing cost for transferring passengers. They suggest the concept of a transportation "station" as the key link in a chain of the different modes; the transitional stations should offer the essential conditions of comfort and security for the connection of the different means of transport.