Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan Areas
With urban areas facing rapid population growth, public transport plays a key role to provide efficient and economic accessibility to the residents. It reduces the use of personal vehicles leading to reduced traffic congestion on roads and reduced pollution. To assess the performance of these transp...
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| description | With urban areas facing rapid population growth, public transport plays a key role to provide efficient and economic accessibility to the residents. It reduces the use of personal vehicles leading to reduced traffic congestion on roads and reduced pollution. To assess the performance of these transport systems, prior studies have taken into consideration the blank spot areas, population density, and stop access density; however, very little research has been performed to compare the accessibility between cities using a GIS-based approach. This paper compares the access and performance of public transport across Melbourne and Sydney, two cities with a similar size, population, and economy. The methodology uses spatial PostGIS queries to focus on accessibility-based approach for each residential mesh block and aggregates the blank spots, and the number of services offered by time of day and the frequency of services at the local government area (LGA) level. The results of the study reveal an interesting trend: that with increase in distance of LGA from city centre, the blank spot percentage increases while the frequency of services and stops offering weekend/night services declines. The results conclude that while Sydney exhibits a lower percentage of blank spots and has better coverage, performance in terms of accessibility by service time and frequency is better for Melbourne’s LGAs, even as the distance increases from the city centre. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d41a3b3b6c1f4c009cd8e9b2459f88802023-12-22T14:01:25ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2023-12-01121226010.3390/computers12120260Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan AreasArnab Biswas0Kiki Adhinugraha1David Taniar2Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, AustraliaDepartment of Computer Science and Information Technology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, AustraliaFaculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, AustraliaWith urban areas facing rapid population growth, public transport plays a key role to provide efficient and economic accessibility to the residents. It reduces the use of personal vehicles leading to reduced traffic congestion on roads and reduced pollution. To assess the performance of these transport systems, prior studies have taken into consideration the blank spot areas, population density, and stop access density; however, very little research has been performed to compare the accessibility between cities using a GIS-based approach. This paper compares the access and performance of public transport across Melbourne and Sydney, two cities with a similar size, population, and economy. The methodology uses spatial PostGIS queries to focus on accessibility-based approach for each residential mesh block and aggregates the blank spots, and the number of services offered by time of day and the frequency of services at the local government area (LGA) level. The results of the study reveal an interesting trend: that with increase in distance of LGA from city centre, the blank spot percentage increases while the frequency of services and stops offering weekend/night services declines. The results conclude that while Sydney exhibits a lower percentage of blank spots and has better coverage, performance in terms of accessibility by service time and frequency is better for Melbourne’s LGAs, even as the distance increases from the city centre.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/12/12/260public transportaccessibilitycomparisonspatial analysisnetwork analysisgeographic information system (GIS) |
| spellingShingle | Arnab Biswas Kiki Adhinugraha David Taniar Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan Areas Computers public transport accessibility comparison spatial analysis network analysis geographic information system (GIS) |
| title | Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan Areas |
| title_full | Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan Areas |
| title_fullStr | Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan Areas |
| title_short | Comparative GIS Analysis of Public Transport Accessibility in Metropolitan Areas |
| title_sort | comparative gis analysis of public transport accessibility in metropolitan areas |
| topic | public transport accessibility comparison spatial analysis network analysis geographic information system (GIS) |
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