Public transportation has become more important as natural resources are exhausted and environmental pollution increases. However, there are many factors that interrupt the use of public transportation, including cost, in-out vehicle time, level of service and transfer. To encourage the use of public transportation, local governments have reduced public transport transfer fares, thereby eliminating a major obstacle. However, key issues beyond cost and transfer have a large effect on passenger usage of public transportation. This study estimates the effects of passenger choices at change facilities. This study collected data at Gwangmyeong station in South Korea. The effect on passenger-level change facilities choice consists of change facility user time, route moving time and overlap facilities (path- size). The result shows that the escalator was preferred for increasing route moving time and path-size. The escalator is the most efficient means for passengers to move a long distance through a large transfer system.
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