Identification of factors towards contributing frequency of walking to access urban rail transit station

Traffic congestion has been worsening in a car-dependency city during morning and evening peak hours. Thus, urban rail transit is one of the alternatives that can be adequately considered in addressing the tremendous increase in travel demand due to its exclusive right of way. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors which contribute to the frequency of walking to access urban rail transit station. Three respective Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations at Kelana Jaya and Ampang lines were selected in Greater Kuala Lumpur (GKL). A set of questionnaire consist of trip-maker and trip-making characteristics, as well as perception on walking to LRT stations, were distributed to the respondents who access the LRT stations by walking. Frequency distribution, correlation, Relative Importance Index (RII), and Binary Logistic Regression were used to analyze the findings

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) planning analysis by integrating Geographic Information System (GIS) approach

The development of TODs in Malaysia is still unclear because of no specific development and planning guidelines relating to TOD have been gazetted at the federal level. The objectives for this study are; (1) identifying land-use dimension to determine the potential of TOD development, (2) to analyse the potential of rail-based stations for TOD purposes based on five land-use dimension analysis, (3) to rank TOD typology of rail-based stations using GIS-MCDM technique and (4) to recommend the use of geospatial approach as a transportation planning solutions. The area of analysis will be within 400 meters radius from the rail-based stations in Shah Alam City Council. The analysis of research was evaluated on the land-use criteria comprising of coverage area, land availability, gentrification potential, density and diversity. The finding shows that the KTM Padang Jawa was identified as the most potential stations with scores of 80%. The least potential station is Skypark Link Subang Airport with scores of 40%. Result shows that the typology for two stations are determined as’ second-highest TOD intensity’ and ‘third-highest TOD intensity’. This study will provide a better understanding of how the land-use dimensions of TOD potential analysis are integrated into GIS application which is significant in many ways

Socio-economic and travel characteristics of transit users at Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) stations

The level of motorization has been increasing at an alarming rate in Malaysia over the years. Increase in population, economic growth, affordability to purchase vehicles, low fuel price and attractive vehicles financing system are some factors causing growth in motorization. As a result, Klang Valley and its conurbation are overwhelmed by traffic congestion due to the people’s tendency to travel by their cars. It is vital to identify the factors influencing transit users to choose the LRT services as their mode of transport to provide a productive solution for these serious issues. Some of the factors are related to socioeconomic and travel characteristics. The objective of this study is to identify the factors affecting the selection of LRT services as the transportation mode for travel activities in terms of demographic and travel pattern of the transit users. A survey was conducted in 3 stations in Kelana Jaya line and three stations in Ampang Line. Questionnaires were distributed to passengers accessing or departing from the selected TOD stations. The questionnaire survey covers areas such as the location of origin and destination, type of activities at original location and destination, and mode of transport used to reach the TOD stations. From this study, the travel distance, important type of activities at original and destination point, and major mode of transport to access or depart from TOD stations were identified. The findings were compared to the literature, and the output was presented in appropriate digital mapping images. Recommendations were made to realize the acceptable travel distance and mode of transport choice, as well as the primary land use activities for the improvement of TOD stations in Kuala Lumpur

GIS-MCDM technique in determining typology of transit-oriented development (TOD)

This article presents a study of land-use analysis in determining transit-oriented development (TOD) typology planning by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) on multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) in Shah Alam, Malaysia. The analysis of research was conducted through land-use evaluation criteria that have been selected, which are coverage area, land availability, gentrification potential, density and diversity. The collective data was analyzed by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique in QGIS application with further integrate it into the matrix comparison technique. The multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) was applied to establish criteria weights and ranked them in order to analyze the suitable typology of the transit-oriented development (TOD) stations. The finding shows that stations in Shah Alam are only involved in three TOD typologies which are ‘second-highest TOD intensity’, ‘third-highest TOD intensity’ and ‘specialized TOD’. Finally, this study will contribute to sustainable transportation development in the future

The effect of land use and pedestrian infrastructures design on pedestrian-based transit ridership (PBTR) at urban rail transit station. A case study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

PEMANDU, a governemnt secretariat involves in improving public transit has recorded 80.4% private trip are made dailly in Kuala Lumpur as end of 2015. It creates congestion on the road especially during morning and evening peak hours. Government has spent billions of ringgit in providing road-based infrastructures in order to overcome high travel demand. Apparently, travel demand is keep increasing year by year. Thus, transit ridership is one of viable solutions in addressing the tremendous increase in travel demand particularly in urban areas. However, public transit usage is not encouraging in major car-oriented cities in Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur. Ampang line urban rail transit is one of two Light Rail Transit (LRT) available providing services to Greater Kuala Lumpur (GKL) dwellers. Sentul, Pandan Jaya, and Bukit Jalil are three of 25 transit stations available along the line as at end of 2015. These urban rail transit stations experiencing imbalance proportion of ridership which lead to economic loss and supress the optimum use of transit line. Therefore, increasing urban rail transit ridership at transit stations are important to avoid economic loss and optimizing uses of transit line. Literature shows that PBTR at transit station can be increased by land use planning and provision of pedestrian infrastructures design surrounding transit station. Thus, this paper is to study to the effect of land use and pedestrian infrastrucutres design on PBTR at transit station at urban rail transit station by selecting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a case study

Analysis on pedestrian infrastructure design at rail transit stations along Kelana Jaya line

Public transport is one of the components that help in reducing the traffic congestion and traffic accidents by providing mobility as well as accessibility to people. As there are increasing in the numbers of transit users, there are also increasing regarding demand for a better walking environment either from the station or to the station. In providing a better walking environment to the users, the pedestrian infrastructure should be continuously be monitored and improved to meet the user's demand. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the existing pedestrian infrastructure provided at each selected station and the issues that lead to the low usage of the infrastructure

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Summary on the Effect of Density, Diversity and Pedestrian Infrastructure on the Use of Rail-based Urban Public Transport

The high increase in travel demand, particularly in the urban areas requires continuous provision of new road and related infrastructure. However, provision of new road infrastructure is not always feasible due to constraints on the availability of limited resources and adverse negative impacts on the environment. Thus, public transit is one of the viable solutions that can be considered in addressing the increase in travel demand especially in urban areas. However, the patronage on public transit is not encouraging in major car-oriented cities in Malaysia including Kuala Lumpur. The rise in the private vehicle ownership, disaggregated spread of major land use activities, low public transit network coverage and limited public transit services are some of the main reasons for this trend. The aim of this paper is to synthesise and critically evaluate the effects of land use Density, Diversity and pedestrian infrastructure Design (3Ds) on railbased urban public transport ridership from literature review. This paper analyses the existing literature on Transit-Oriented Design (TOD), its elements and characteristics as well as its successful application in few selected countries to ascertain the extent of land use characteristics effects on the use of rail-based public transit. This paper also draws attention to opportunities for further studies and its benefit for future selection of transit station