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Towards Transit‑Oriented Development for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Insights from a Central European City

https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2021.15.3.39
Maksymilian Leśniewski
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Student Scientific Organization of Spatial Management PUZZLE, Wrocław, Poland
Małgorzata Świąder
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Institute of Spatial Management, Wrocław
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-4985
Iwona Kaczmarek
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Institute of Spatial Management, Wrocław
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0738-484X
David Garcia Castro
University of the Basque Country, Department of Financial Economy II, Vitoria‑Gasteiz, Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4819-7116
Joanna A. Kamińska
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Mathematics, Wrocław, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0157-516X
Tomasz Pilawka
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Institute of Economics Sciences, Wrocław
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-1941
Jan K. Kazak
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Institute of Spatial Management, Wrocław
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1864-9954

Corresponding Author(s) : Jan K. Kazak

jan.kazak@upwr.edu.pl

Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 15 No. 3 (2021): Geomatics and Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Sustainable Development Goals require holistic actions, including activity at the intersection of urban planning and environmental engineering. Turning our cities towards transit‑oriented development might help in reducing pollutant emissions caused by individual transportation modes that rely on crude oil. This research presents how the use of geospatial network analysis can support local decision makers in the evaluation of potential public transport accessibility by citizens in the case of a Central European city ‑ Wrocław (Poland). The obtained results indicate differentiation in access to railway stations and stops, which results from pedestrian path networks and the number of entrances to railway stations. The visualization of serve area shows which parts of the city are excluded from comfortable access to public transport and in that way high‑ light where future actions should be taken.

Keywords

sustainable transportation public transport urban rail geospatial network analysis transit‑oriented development
Leśniewski, M., Świąder, M., Kaczmarek, I., Castro, D. G., Kamińska, J. A., Pilawka, T., & Kazak, J. K. (2021). Towards Transit‑Oriented Development for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Insights from a Central European City. Geomatics and Environmental Engineering, 15(3), 39–53. https://doi.org/10.7494/geom.2021.15.3.39
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