What determines rail transit passenger volume? Implications for transit oriented development planning
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2017
Subject Area
place - asia, place - urban, mode - rail, mode - subway/metro, land use - impacts, land use - transit oriented development, land use - planning, infrastructure - interchange/transfer, infrastructure - station, planning - integration, ridership - commuting, technology - passenger information
Keywords
Rail transit passenger volume, TOD, Density, Spatial coupling effect, Accessibility
Abstract
Transit oriented development (TOD) has been an important topic for urban transportation planning research and practice. This paper is aimed at empirically examining the effect of rail transit station-based TOD on daily station passenger volume. Using integrated circuit (IC) card data on metro passenger volumes and cellular signaling data on the spatial distribution of human activities in Shanghai, the research identifies variations in ridership among rail transit stations. Then, regression analysis is performed using passenger volume in each station as the dependent variable. Explanatory variables include station area employment and population, residents’ commuting distances, metro network accessibility, status as interchange station, and coupling with commercial activity centers. The main findings are: (1) Passenger volume is positively associated with employment density and residents’ commuting distance around station; (2) stations with earlier opening dates and serving as transfer nodes tend to have positive association with passenger volumes; (3) metro stations better integrated with nearby commercial development tend to have larger passenger volumes. Several implications are drawn for TOD planning: (1) TOD planning should be integrated with rail transit network planning; (2) location of metro stations should be coupled with commercial development; (3) high employment densities should be especially encouraged as a key TOD feature; and (4) interchange stations should be more strategically positioned in the planning for rail transit network.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Pan, H., Li, J., Shen, Q., & Shi, C. (2017). What determines rail transit passenger volume? Implications for transit oriented development planning. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Vol. 57, pp. 52-63.
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