Accessibility and the evaluation of investments on the Beijing subway
Haibing Jiang
Yancheng Teachers University
David M Levinson
University of Minnesota
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4563-2963
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2016.884
Keywords: Accessibility, Transport, Land Use, Networks, Development, Density
Abstract
This study measures the job and population accessibility via transit for Beijing using the cumulative opportunity metric. It is shown that transit accessibility varies widely across Beijing, but is highly focused on subway stations. Early lines added far more accessibility than more recently planned lines.References
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