Analysis of condition of Ardabil public transportation network with an emphasis on the bus network

Articles in Press

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

2 Ph.D. student, Department of climatology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

The present study was conducted using descriptive-analytical and graphical analysis methods based on the ARCGIS and GeoDa software environment to evaluate the efficiency and desirability of Ardabil citizens' access to the city's public transportation system. The variables studied in this study are: population density, access to public transport lines and the number of fleets, rate of private cars ownership, traffic congestion caused by traveling in private cars, number of bus stops in the lanes and so on that through library and field methods and by referring to relevant agencies such as the municipality of Ardebil, the governorate, the Planning and Budget Organization and other relevant organizations, using the database of these agencies and as well as field surveys using The GPS device was developed by field observation Collected. WLC, AHP and Moran models were used to analyze the data and answer the research questions. The results show that the utility and efficiency of the public transport network corresponds to the central Business districts, northern districts, parts of eastern and southwestern districts of Ardabil city. Conversely, the public transport network in the southern suburbs and parts of the northwest suburbs has been inefficient. The results of spatial autocorrelation analysis of utility and efficiency of public transport system with personal car travel and personal car ownership coefficient indicated a negative spatial relationship between these two variables. That is to say, where the efficiency of the public transport network has been low, the use of private cars and the rate of car ownership have been greater, and where the efficiency of the public transport system has been greater, the use of private cars and its ownership rate was low.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Journal of Transportation Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 10 August 2020

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics