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Title:

Measuring Transit-Oriented Development in Quantity and Quality: A Case of 24 Cities with Urban Rail Systems in China

Accession Number:

01631477

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

TOD (Transit-Oriented Development) has gained increasing popularity in China, thanks to a rapid growth of urban rail networks in Chinese cities in recent years. To assess the levels of TOD at the city scale, this paper established an indicator framework composed of quantity-based indicators and quality-based indicators grouped into aspects of density, diversity, design, and accessibility. Further, the authors calculated indicators for 24 Chinese cities with urban rail systems based on open source data and statistical yearbooks, and further derived the composite TOD indices for each city using the information entropy weight (IEW) method. The results reveal that Shanghai has the highest TOD quantity and quality scores, whereas the TOD quantity and quality in other cities could vary significantly. The consistency between TOD quantity and quality is not guaranteed. The 24 cities are further summarized into 4 categories: moving ahead; quantity prioritized; quality prioritized; catching up. More effective policies to integrate urban rail transit and land use development in China are called for.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP025 Standing Committee on Public Transportation Planning and Development. Alternate title: Measuring Transit-Oriented Development in Quantity and Quality: Case of 24 Cities with Urban Rail Systems in China

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-05885

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Jiang, Yang
Gu, Peiqin
Chen, Faan
Chen, Yulin
Zegras, P Christopher

Pagination:

23p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Appendices; Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

China

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-05885

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 12:22PM