Accessibility of Bus Stops for Pedestrians in Delhi
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 145, Issue 4
Abstract
Walking, including access trips to public transport (PT), constitutes of commute trips in urban India. However, the quality of pedestrian infrastructure remains poor in Indian cities, leading to inconvenience and high risk to pedestrians. To assess this quality, pedestrian accessibility audits were conducted around 360 bus stops in Delhi. To ensure representativeness, bus stops were selected based on multicriteria stratified sampling, with the following three criteria: relative risk of pedestrian fatality, socioeconomic variables, and distance from city center. The Public Transport Accessibility (PTA) toolkit was used, which has a specific checklist of measurable definitions for rating the access indicators. PTA scores for pedestrian accessibility were predominantly low across Delhi. There was significant spatial clustering of the scores, indicating spatial disparity in the quality of pedestrian infrastructure, which was found to be in tandem with the spatial disparity of income levels. The authors advocate that this toolkit can be used effectively by city authorities and policymakers to undertake location- and indicator-specific improvements in pedestrian infrastructure around PT stops. This toolkit is pertinent for Indian cities, because virtual streetscape audit tools are not currently available.
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Acknowledgments
This work was partially supported by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation (VREF). Beyond its role as funder, the VREF was not involved in the preparation of this article or in the research presented herein.
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Volume 145 • Issue 4 • December 2019
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Received: Aug 20, 2018
Accepted: Mar 12, 2019
Published online: Sep 14, 2019
Published in print: Dec 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Feb 14, 2020
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