eprintid: 7393
rev_number: 22
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1903
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datestamp: 2011-06-09 17:55:02
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creators_name: Cascajo Jiménez, Rocío
creators_name: Farber, Steven
creators_name: Jordá Lope, Pablo
creators_name: Monzón de Cáceres, Andrés
creators_name: Paez, Antonio
title: Urban form and bus riderships in Spanish cities
ispublished: pub
subjects: transporte
keywords: Public transport; Spain; urban form; density; autocorrelation models
abstract: The effect of urban form on mobility is a question with important implications for  transportation and land use research and planning. A number of studies have investigated  the relationship between mobility and various indicators of urban form while controlling for  socio-economic characteristics. A majority  of these have been concerned with mobility by  private vehicles, although more recently there are also examples of research that explores  the relationship between urban form and the use of public transportation. The objective of  this paper is to investigate the demand for public transportation in a selection of cities in  Spain, from the perspective of urban form (density, metropolitan area, population ratios), and  other variables describing the characteristics  of public transport supply (density of network  and of stops), urban socio-economic profile, and competing and complementary modes  (metro, suburban train and auto ownership rates). The paper is based on aggregate bus  usage data collected for a number of Spanish cities and metropolitan areas for the years  2003-2007, and the use of autocorrelation models to account for intra-class correlations for  multi-year observations of metro areas/cities. The results of the analysis indicate that demand for public transport in Spain is related to the size and population density of the urban  area, the supply of bus routes, and the existence of a metro rail alternative. The results also  indicate the existence of substantial autocorrelation effects.
date: 2010
date_type: published
publisher: WCTR Society
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
event_title: 12th World Conference on Transport Research 2010
event_location: Lisboa, Portugal
event_dates: 11/07/2010 - 15/07/2010
event_type: conference
institution: Caminos
department: Ingenieria_Civil8
refereed: TRUE
book_title: Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research 2010
rights: by-nc-nd
citation:   Cascajo Jiménez, Rocío and Farber, Steven and Jordá Lope, Pablo and Monzón de Cáceres, Andrés and Paez, Antonio  (2010).  Urban form and bus riderships in Spanish cities.  In: "12th World Conference on Transport Research 2010", 11/07/2010 - 15/07/2010, Lisboa, Portugal.    
document_url: https://oa.upm.es/7393/2/INVE_MEM_2010_75816.pdf