Underground Railway Safety Analysis and Planning Strategy: A Case of Harbin Metro Line 1, China

With the development of rapid urbanization, the urban expansion and traffic jams are the serious problem of city development. Underground railway plays an important role in urban public transport, which helps to ease traffic congestion. Because of the frequent accidents of underground railway, the research of underground railway safety and the planning strategies lays the foundation for the urban public safety research. This paper reveals the safety situation of Harbin Metro Line 1 in China from the passenger safety consciousness, equipment and environment, and management factors, through a series of subjective questionnaire surveys. However, the reliability and validity of the questionnaire survey are calculated by SPSS 22 software, and used to assess the qualities of investigation results. With the results, the safety problems and the pertinence planning strategies are put forward for Harbin Metro Line 1. The research has a reference value for underground railway planning and construction, and plays a foundation for improving urban public safety.