1st Edition

Big and Open Data for Transit Planning

By Jiangping Zhou Copyright 2027
234 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book revisits the concept of the transit catchment area (TCA) and examines evolving practices in TCA planning against the backdrop of expanding big and open data in transit-oriented land use planning. In many developed countries and regions, car dependence and urban sprawl have led to undesirable outcomes. Improved transit and land use planning can help create well-connected areas where... Read more

1.Introduction: Overview of big and open data and transit planning.  2.Transit Catchment Areas.  3.A normative framework for TCA planning.  4.Big and open data in TCA planning: Theory.  5.Traditional approaches to transit catchment area planning.  6.BOD meets transit catchment area planning: Practice.  7.Identifying and measuring features of transit catchment area.  8.Defining and measuring performance of TCAs.  9.Designing TCAs: Linking features and performance.  10.A future of BOD in TCA planning.

Biography

Jiangping Zhou is Professor at University of Hong Kong (HKU).