Explaining walking distance to public transport: the dominance of public transport supply
Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2011
Subject Area
mode - bus, mode - rail, place - australasia, mode - pedestrian, infrastructure - station, infrastructure - stop
Keywords
walk distance, public transport, accessibility initiatives
Abstract
Potential influences on explaining walk distance from home to access public transport are investigated including trip and demographic characteristics and public transport supply. In Sydney, Australia, people walk further to train than to bus, the distributions of walk distances are different for each mode, and the trip and demographic characteristics of train and bus users are different. Given the decision to walk to public transport, demographic characteristics such as age, gender, income and labour force status and trip characteristics such as trip purpose, time of day and week, fare and ticket type and trip duration are not significant in explaining walk distance to each mode of public transport. The mode of the public transport trip is the most important determinant of walking distance, reflecting the different supply and spacing of each mode in which there are many more bus stops than train stations. The differences between train and bus users suggest that accessibility initiatives for public transport may not be the same for each mode.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by the author, copyright remains with author.
Recommended Citation
Daniels, R., & Mulley C. (2011). Explaining walking distance to public transport: the dominance of public transport supply. Conference paper delivered at World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research, held in Whistler, Canada on 28-30 July, 2011.
