Walk this way

Visualizing accessibility and mobility in metro station areas on a 3D pedestrian network

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ID21247072
AuthorsYingying Xu (0000-0001-8488-0399, Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Tommy Ho-Yin Chan (0000-0002-5455-3386, University of Oxford), Anthony Chen (0000-0003-4363-5041, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, corresponding author), Xintao Liu (0000-0002-7323-9878, Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Year2022
Volume49
Issue4
Pages1331-1335
Publication date2022-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2399-8083 • E-ISSN: 2399-8091
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/23998083221089321
OpenAlexW4226467587
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

Accessibility and mobility are positioned differently at the heart of transportation planning; whilst a transportation system with high accessibility will not necessarily be able to support high mobility. In this short article, we evaluate and visualize the accessibility and mobility of pedestrian networks around the metro station areas in a transit-oriented city – Hong Kong. By using the newly released 3D pedestrian network for the whole of Hong Kong under the Open and Big Data Plans, we have created visualizations to compare the 500-m walking coverage area and reachable area with a 10-min walking distance that reflects the accessibility and mobility around metro station areas, respectively. We find that there are significant differences between accessibility and mobility for some stations. We illustrate the potential underlying causes by comparing three representative pairs of stations as examples

Metro station · Pedestrian · Public transport · Transport engineering · Computer Science · Engineering · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Transportation Planning and Optimization · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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