Empirical models of transit demand with walk access/egress for planning transit oriented developments around commuter rail stations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

Authors

Saidal Akbari
Mohamed Salah Mahmoud
Amer Shalaby
Khandker M. Nurul Habib

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2018

Subject Area

land use - impacts, land use - planning, land use - transit oriented development, land use - urban sprawl, mode - bus, mode - park and ride, mode - pedestrian, mode - rail, place - north america, place - urban

Keywords

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), transit ridership, active transportation

Abstract

Mitigating the negative impacts of urban sprawl by reducing reliance on the automobile and improving the use of public transit and active transportation modes may be achieved with Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). TOD is a compact, mixed-use, pedestrian and cyclist friendly form of urban development that is oriented towards transit use. One outcome of TOD is an increase in transit riders walking to and from a central transit station to complete their journey. Although TOD has been the subject of much research, no empirical studies have investigated factors that affect transit ridership with walk as the station access and egress mode.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

Journal of Transport Geography home Page:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09666923

Recommended Citation

Akbari, S., Mahmoud, M.S., Shalaby, A.,& Habib, K.M.N. (2018). Empirical models of transit demand with walk access/egress for planning transit oriented developments around commuter rail stations in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 68, pp. 1-8.