Switching from motorcycle taxi to walking: A case study of transit station access in Bangkok, Thailand

Pongprasert, Pornraht; Kubota, Hisashi

doi:10.1016/j.iatssr.2017.03.003

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“…Switching from private automobile use to public transport or walking and cycling is difficult if public transport and pedestrian sidewalks are not widely accessible. In order to promote sustainable urban mobility for all people, improving the safety and accessibility of SNs for pedestrians and cyclists is necessary [37]. However, where to make improvements and what should be improved on the SNs are the questions that urban planners and researchers need to answer.…”

Section: Transport Development In the Ascnmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Urban Drivable and Walkable Street Networks of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network

Zhao

Yen

Bailey

et al. 2019

IJGI

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Making transport systems sustainable is a topic that has attracted the attention of many researchers and urban planners. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Smart Cities Network (ASCN) was initiated to develop a sustainable transport system in the ASEAN countries. A comprehensive understanding of street networks (SNs) can contribute significantly to the achievement of this initiative. Therefore, this paper measured and compared characteristics of drivable street networks (DSNs) and walkable street networks (WSNs) of the 26 ASCN pilot cities by applying multiple network metrics. The OSMnx tool was used to download and analyse WSNs and DSNs from the OpenStreetMap. The findings present the topological and geometric characteristics of WSNs and DSNs that are diverse and characterized by different factors. The cities with orthogonal street grids, high street density, intersection density, and fewer cul-de-sacs have good accessibility to reach destinations. In contrast, some other cities have more curvilinear and circuitous SNs with many missing links to other streets, which in turn are prone to traffic disruption. The study highlights the important features of SNs that have significant implications for future designs of SNs in the ASCN whose goal is to make cities smart and liveable for ASEAN members.

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Section: Transport Development In the Ascnmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of Urban Drivable and Walkable Street Networks of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network

Zhao

Yen

Bailey

et al. 2019

IJGI

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“…Generally, catchment area concept is used to describe the geographical area where transit users are willing to walk comfortably at particular distance to access the transit station or stops (Flamm & Rivasplata, 2014). A catchment area is defined as the maximum or acceptable walking distance able to completed by passengers on foot rather than by driving (Pongprasert & Kubota, 2017). In regard to this, the half-mile circle concept in transit-oriented development had become widely accepted in gauging a transit station catchment area (Guerra, Cervero, & Tischler, 2012) and this concept is appropriate for population catchment area.…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessment Of MRT Feeder Bus Routes’ Catchment Area Using Geographical Information System

Ponrahono¹,

Sunoto²

2019

The European Proceedings of Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Kajang Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station is the last station for Sungai Buloh-Kajang line (SBK line).Assessing the current catchment area for its feeder bus route is important in ensuring the sustainability of feeder bus operation thus fulfilling its function to connect passenger with the MRT rail service. The objective of this study is to assess the composition of land use activities along the four routes of MRT feeder bus. In this study, the catchment area for all four routes of MRT feeder bus was assessed through on-site evaluation and applied Geographical Information System (GIS). The land use activities composition was calculated by using GIS tools. The catchment area used in this study was 400m buffer, considering the acceptable walking distance of passengers' willingness to travel to the bus stops, and the transit-oriented concept consideration. The key findings of this study were the percentage of land use composition and land use activities distribution that can contribute to the volume of passenger ingress at each bus stops location, and determines the issues generated from the overlapping feeder bus route. This study recommends a triangulation method in future research to identify the factors involved during route selection for a better feeder bus route optimisation.

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“…Vuchic (2005) suggests that maximising area coverage is a crucial goal in the design of rail network, as the frequency of usage depends on how easily accessible the stations are to potential travellers. Catchment areas are generally defined as the maximum walking distance or acceptable walking distance, of which the passengers are willing to walk rather than drive (Pongprasert & Kubota, 2017).…”

Section: Service Catchmentmentioning

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Service Catchment of Mass Rapid Transit (Mrt) Feeder Bus: A Preliminary Study of T461 Route Taman Kajang Utama

Lin

Ponrahono

2019

PMJ

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The planning and development of rail services require various considerations. Land availability, land use, catchment, route matching, infrastructure fitting, barrier free and micro-climate friendly designs are some of the factors heeded prior to such installations. A deviation between designated and highly demanded service area in urban sprawl zones of the city has been occurring in many Malaysian cities. These gaps have led to the mismatch between origin/destination of passengers and planned locations of train stations and its feeder bus stops. As such, rail services become less accessible to populations with the highest demands. This paper discusses the preliminary findings from a pilot study which seeks to calibrate the research instrument and validate preliminary findings before actual data collection for the purpose of determining the service catchment of the T461 feeder bus in Kajang MRT Station. The Garmin GPS device acts as the research instrument to obtain coordinates of locations where passengers board and alight feeder buses. On-board surveys and comparison analyses are methods that have been used to obtain the optimum GPS coordinates of the bus stop locations. The preliminary findings indicate that the research instrument is ready to be used for actual data collection and geospatial analysis to determine the service catchment of the T461 feeder bus service.

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Switching from motorcycle taxi to walking: A case study of transit station access in Bangkok, Thailand

Cited by 41 publications

References 3 publications

Analysis of Urban Drivable and Walkable Street Networks of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network

Analysis of Urban Drivable and Walkable Street Networks of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network

Assessment Of MRT Feeder Bus Routes’ Catchment Area Using Geographical Information System

Service Catchment of Mass Rapid Transit (Mrt) Feeder Bus: A Preliminary Study of T461 Route Taman Kajang Utama

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