Inter-modal interfaces are extremel

Inter-modal interfaces are extremely important
for the transportation system as a whole. Therefore, designing
and dimensioning airport terminals’ curbsides are a major
step to improve passengers’ experience. Indeed, evaluating such
design is a critical task that must be performed to point
out the best solution. This paper reports on our modelling,
implementation, and evaluation of two curbside scenarios: one
as currently applied to the Portela Airport, in Lisbon, and
another alternative as proposed by a Transport Consultancy
Agency. The contributions are to create a broader methodology
to evaluate various scenarios as well as to combine different
granularities of analysis in order to leverage a multi-resolution
simulation where, under more realistic circumstances, the best
scenario can be pointed out. Some preliminary experiments are
carried out, whose results are presented and discussed so as to
compare their efficiency. Finally, we draw some conclusions and
identify ways in which this work can be further extended.