Transit Oriented Development and Ridership at Kelana Jaya Line LRT Stations

Pedestrian Environments and Transit Ridership

This paper explores how the quality of the pedestrian environment around transit stops relates with transit ridership. The primary hypothesis tested is that transit tripmaking is higher in urban environments that are more conducive to non-motorized travel, given that bus transit systems are most frequently accessed via walking or biking. A secondary goal is to contribute to an improved understa...

Transit-oriented development's ridership bonus: a product of self-selection and public policies

Transit-oriented development is shown to produce an appreciable ridership bonus in California. This is partly due to residential self-selectionöthat is, a lifestyle preference for transitoriented livingöas well as factors like employer-based policies that reduce free parking and automobile subsidies. Half-mile catchments of station areas appear to be indifference zones in the sense that residen...

Transit Stops and Stations: Transit Managers’ Perspectives on Evaluating Performance Transit Stops and Stations: Transit Managers’ Perspectives on Evaluating Performance

Passengers, transit managers, adjacent businesses and residents, and local governments all can have strong, and sometimes conflicting, ideas about what makes a good transit stop or station. This paper examines stops and stations from the transit agency’s perspective; transit managers must consider both the logistical and political factors inherent to transit operations as well as the perspectiv...

The Factors Influencing Transit Ridership: A Review and Analysis of the Ridership Literature

on transit-oriented development (tod) and the criteria for determining tod centers: the case of shiraz metro line i

the current status and quality of urban and regional development has been criticized by many academics and professionals in different fields. at city centers in addition to traffic congestion, population growth, urban and regional sprawl and suburbanization have resulted in unsustainable conditions in many cities all around the world. in this regard, different aspects of urban form, especially ...