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The Interaction between Public Transport Systems and Land Use in the Era of Technological Innovations in Transportation

A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 April 2024) | Viewed by 4772

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Robin Hickman

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Guest Editor
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, 14, Upper Woburn Place, London WC1H 0NN, UK
Interests: transport; urban planning; climate change; social equity; discourse analysis
Dr. Lixun Liu

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School of Architecture and Planning, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Interests: transport; urban planning; travel behaviours; rail transit; social equity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Public transport and urban development have long been closely linked in the way that land use patterns may influence people’s activities and generate travel demand which requires the corresponding supply of public transport, while the public transport provision determines the accessibility of locations and feedback to the changes in land use characteristics. Sometimes public transport is part of integrated urban planning strategies. An example is how mass public transport systems have been used to guide development along new urban corridors in the last century. However, with the precedence of technological innovations in transportation, the interactions among public transport systems, people’s travel behaviours and land use have been reshaped. For example, intercity and regional high-speed rail have been used for commuting within urban agglomerations and contributed to the development around transport hubs. The rail transit systems, which stretch out to the edge of cities, stimulate new urban growth. Meanwhile, buses with intelligent communication systems have provided demand-responsive transportation services such as employee pooling, ride-pooling, and public on-demand bus projects. Shared autonomous driving buses are being tested to facilitate first and last-mile services in lower density areas. These innovations not only facilitate the movement of people, but also have potentially wide-ranging and spatially varying impacts on population, economic, social, and cultural dimensions. An understanding of the interrelations between public transport and land use, including the impacts of new technology, is particularly important within the global context of sustainable development and the need to reduce transport CO2 emissions whilst improving social equity.

This Special Issue aims to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) to provide insights into how public transport systems, travel behaviours, and urban planning are interrelated. Papers related to how technological innovations in public transportation impact travel behaviours and urban development are particularly welcome, but papers on transport and land use and other spatial impacts will also be considered.

This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that consider the following themes:

  • Urban planning strategies, public transport systems, and their environmental and social impacts;
  • Evolution of the built environment influenced by public transport systems, as well as new urban development and travel patterns by public transport;
  • Social-spatial variations in accessibility levels and travel patterns;
  • Social equity impacts of the distribution of public transport investments;
  • Impact of public transport on urban regeneration and neighbourhood development;
  • Technological innovations in public transport systems, policies, and impacts on travel behaviours and spatial development;
  • Travel patterns and built environment changes associated with new public transport systems, including by different socio-economic groups;
  • Social equity and innovations in public transport systems.

Prof. Dr. Robin Hickman
Dr. Lixun Liu
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Land is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • urban planning
  • public transport
  • travel behaviours
  • built environment
  • accessibility
  • environmental and social equity impacts of public transport
  • technological innovations in transportation

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Does Density Foster Shorter Public Transport Networks? A Network Expansion Simulation Approach
by Chris Jacobs-Crisioni, Lewis Dijkstra and Andrius Kučas
Land 2024, 13(1), 77; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010077 - 10 Jan 2024
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One argument for containing urban densities is that cities need a critical population density to sustain sufficiently available public transportation. However, the question of whether denser cities foster shorter public transport networks empirically is problematic because real-world transport nets are a product of [...] Read more.
One argument for containing urban densities is that cities need a critical population density to sustain sufficiently available public transportation. However, the question of whether denser cities foster shorter public transport networks empirically is problematic because real-world transport nets are a product of many additional factors presumably not related to urban form. This paper adopts a network expansion simulation approach to generate and analyze counterfactual data on network lengths for 36 world cities, in which all networks are generated with similar expansion restrictions and objectives. Denser cities are found to have shorter simulated public transport networks, regardless of the tested model parameters. This provides additional proof that densities are needed to facilitate the provision of proximate public transport infrastructure, with potentially self-reinforcing effects. Full article
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Transit-Oriented Development in China: A Comparative Content Analysis of the Spatial Plans of High-Speed Railway Station Areas
by Biyue Wang, Martin de Jong, Ellen van Bueren, Aksel Ersoy and Yanchun Meng
Land 2023, 12(9), 1818; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091818 - 21 Sep 2023
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With rapid high-speed railway (HSR) developments in China, HSR-based transit-oriented development (TOD) has proliferated across the country. Although local governments claim that HSR station areas are planned according to TOD principles, some scholars argue that these station areas actually contribute to unsustainable development. [...] Read more.
With rapid high-speed railway (HSR) developments in China, HSR-based transit-oriented development (TOD) has proliferated across the country. Although local governments claim that HSR station areas are planned according to TOD principles, some scholars argue that these station areas actually contribute to unsustainable development. This study investigates two main questions: (1) what success factors should be included in a TOD plan for HSR station areas? (2) to what extent are these factors considered in the plans of Chinese HSR station areas? To answer these questions, we use content analysis to compare spatial plans for 15 HSR station areas across China, triangulating the findings via in-depth interviews and field investigations. This study reveals that most of the factors in the plans for HSR station areas deviate from TOD principles, especially in small- and medium-sized cities. We find that Chinese local governments mainly use TODs as a tool to promote suburban expansion around HSR stations. Full article
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Transformation of Buildings and Urban Spaces to Adapt for Future Mobility: A Systematic Literature Review
by Sang-Jun Park, Ju-Hyung Kim, Min-Jung Maing, Jin-Ho Ahn, Yang-Gil Kim, Nam-Hyuk Ham and Jae-Jun Kim
Land 2024, 13(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010016 - 20 Dec 2023
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The development of smart cities has led to transforming modern city operations by applying emerging technologies from the fourth industrial revolution such as the Internet of Things, BIM and machine learning. To prepare for the future development of cities, it is necessary to [...] Read more.
The development of smart cities has led to transforming modern city operations by applying emerging technologies from the fourth industrial revolution such as the Internet of Things, BIM and machine learning. To prepare for the future development of cities, it is necessary to investigate the current status of city development, research topics and the direction toward future cities. In this study, a systematic literature review was conducted following the combination of literature review guides by Kitchenham and the PRISMA statement. The review identified 141 peer-reviewed academic papers from web-based archives, such as Web of Science and SCOPUS, that were categorized into five topics related to smart cities and urban areas. The technologies applied in the research were analyzed to determine the direction future cities should take based on current smart cities and emerging technologies that will shape individuals’ daily lives. However, it was discovered that research papers on critical areas, such as mobility and management, were lacking compared to those on building design and urban planning. This paper concludes with an example of a future urban area that has been transformed due to adoption of future mobility technology to address the shortcomings of the reviewed literature on building and urban environments. Full article
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