A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data
Published in Geographical Analysis, 2021
Recommended citation: Liu, S., Higgs, C., Arundel, J., Boeing, G., Cerdera, N., Moctezuma, D., ... & Giles‐Corti, B. (2021). A Generalized Framework for Measuring Pedestrian Accessibility around the World Using Open Data. Geographical Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12290
Pedestrian accessibility is an important factor in urban transport and land use policy and critical for creating healthy, sustainable cities. This study develops an open source software framework to construct pedestrian accessibility indicators for cities using open and consistent data. It presents a generalized method to consistently measure pedestrian accessibility at high resolution and spatially aggregated scale, to allow for both within- and between-city analyses. The open source and open data methods developed in this study can be extended to other cities worldwide to support local planning and policymaking.