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Trans. Planning Journal
| Title | Built Environment Impacts of Transit-Oriented Development on Metro Ridership：An Empirical Study of Taipei Metro System |
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| Author | Jen-Jia Lin, Ting-Yu Shin |
| Summary | This study aimed at confirming the benefits of transit-oriented development (TOD) on increasing transit ridership and dispersing transit ridership time distribution. To explore the influences of the built environment of TOD on the volume, as well as the time distribution, of metro ridership, this study used 46 metro stations in Taipei city as samples and developed cross-section analyses of the year 2004 with regression models and t-tests. The observed results reached the following conclusions: The daily ridership is positively affected by the area of floor space, negatively affected by the ratio of 4-way intersections and insignificantly affected by mixed land-use variables. The ridership time dispersion is positively affected by the sidewalk length, negatively affected by the area of retail and service floor space, and insignificantly influenced by the density variables. The off-peak hour’s ridership presents a similar model of daily ridership; the density and design variable influence on daily ridership is significantly different between weekdays and holidays. The effects of all TOD characters on daily ridership entropy are significantly different between weekdays and holidays, and the influence of density and design variables on off-peak hour ridership is significantly different between weekdays and holidays. Finally, two potential applications of the observed findings: TOD strategy directions corresponding to the domestic conditions, and planning analysis for a specific station area, are discussed for the reference of urban planning and management agencies. |
| Vol. | 36 |
| No. | 4 |
| Page | 451 |
| Year | 2007 |
| Month | 12 |
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