Incorporating Spatial Heterogeneity of Public Facilities When Measuring the Equity of Public Transport-Based Accessibility in a Developing Country: the Case of Shanghai, China

To evaluate the equitable accessibility of public transport system to the public is one of the most vital goals of urban planning. Yet, to date, the heterogeneous distribution of public facilities has generally been neglected, even though those facilities clearly play a necessary and vital role in determining the access to social activities. This paper proposes a new method which addresses the spatial issue of public facilities. The urban zones are divided into several types based on the spatial proximity of public facilities, then the accessibility index for public transport is redefined according to different standards given upon the zone types. Finally, the Gini index for both grouped and ungrouped methods is applied to test the validity of the proposed method. The authors' results show that the grouped approach delivers a totally different distribution of accessibility index from that of the ungrouped method, which displays a comparatively smaller Gini index level. Furthermore, the authors' results prove that the accessibility index of the grouped method is independent from the distribution of public facilities. Hereby, the proposed new modified approach can help identify the level of public transport-based accessibility (excluding the distribution factor), thus offering advice regarding the locations on which to construct public transport system as well as other urban planning facilities.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Standing Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development. Alternate title: Incorporating Spatial Heterogeneity of Public Facilities When Equity of Public Transport-Based Accessibility in a Developing Country Is Measured: Case of Shanghai, China
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Li, Ye
  • Shu, Hanyu
  • Deng, Haopeng
  • Li, Wenxiang
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
• Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Case studies; City planning; Developing countries; Equity; Facilities; Public transit
• Geographic Terms: Shanghai (China)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01626110
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 17-02456
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 15 2017 5:03PM