Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited

A core contemporary planning approach is the promotion of transit-oriented developments (TODs) and in recent times cities have committed substantial financial investment to encourage sustainable precincts around public transport. Evaluation of the success of TODs is key for continuing the planning e...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Olaru, D., Moncrieff, Simon, McCarney, G., Sun, Y., Reed, Tristan, Pattison, C., Smith, B., Biermann, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: M D P I AG 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74758
_version_ 1848763364209065984
author Olaru, D.
Moncrieff, Simon
McCarney, G.
Sun, Y.
Reed, Tristan
Pattison, C.
Smith, B.
Biermann, S.
author_facet Olaru, D.
Moncrieff, Simon
McCarney, G.
Sun, Y.
Reed, Tristan
Pattison, C.
Smith, B.
Biermann, S.
author_sort Olaru, D.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description A core contemporary planning approach is the promotion of transit-oriented developments (TODs) and in recent times cities have committed substantial financial investment to encourage sustainable precincts around public transport. Evaluation of the success of TODs is key for continuing the planning efforts. A frequently applied framework for characterizing TODs draws on Bertolini's Node-Place (N-P) model, enriched through application in various contexts. We offer here an extension to the N-P model, using a case study in a low-density city, Perth,Western Australia. A typology of railway stations is developed using 43 indicators and then linear models are applied to ascertain the association between patronage and station precinct features. The results show that various types of measures are required to increase public transport ridership for the four clusters that emerged from the analysis. Density alone does not lead to increased use of public transport; it must be associated with city-wide accessibility, as well as access/egress to and from the station.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T11:02:17Z
format Journal Article
id curtin-20.500.11937-74758
institution Curtin University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
last_indexed 2025-11-14T11:02:17Z
publishDate 2019
publisher M D P I AG
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling curtin-20.500.11937-747582019-03-21T06:24:56Z Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited Olaru, D. Moncrieff, Simon McCarney, G. Sun, Y. Reed, Tristan Pattison, C. Smith, B. Biermann, S. A core contemporary planning approach is the promotion of transit-oriented developments (TODs) and in recent times cities have committed substantial financial investment to encourage sustainable precincts around public transport. Evaluation of the success of TODs is key for continuing the planning efforts. A frequently applied framework for characterizing TODs draws on Bertolini's Node-Place (N-P) model, enriched through application in various contexts. We offer here an extension to the N-P model, using a case study in a low-density city, Perth,Western Australia. A typology of railway stations is developed using 43 indicators and then linear models are applied to ascertain the association between patronage and station precinct features. The results show that various types of measures are required to increase public transport ridership for the four clusters that emerged from the analysis. Density alone does not lead to increased use of public transport; it must be associated with city-wide accessibility, as well as access/egress to and from the station. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74758 10.3390/su11020477 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ M D P I AG fulltext
spellingShingle Olaru, D.
Moncrieff, Simon
McCarney, G.
Sun, Y.
Reed, Tristan
Pattison, C.
Smith, B.
Biermann, S.
Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited
title Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited
title_full Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited
title_fullStr Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited
title_full_unstemmed Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited
title_short Place vs. Node transit: Planning policies revisited
title_sort place vs. node transit: planning policies revisited
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74758