Study of Street Walkability around Residential Rail Transit Stations for the Aged
With the rapid development of rail transit,the degree of aging increasing,the elderly is encountering many obstacles in using rail transit.As the"Last kilometer"of rail transit used by the elderly,and also the core area of urban development,the improvement of street space quality cannot be ignored.This paper built an evaluation system for walkability of surrounding streets of rail transit stations from the aged,used AHP to analyze the difference among the importance of each indicator,and evaluated the safety,comfort and convenience of 9 residential subway stations in Hangzhou through urban POI data and street view data.In general,the walkability of residential subway station streets is weak for the aged,and many stations have deficiencies in accessibility,station accessibility and walking environment.In the future,the principle of"convenience as the leading,safety as the guarantee,and comfort as the consideration"should be followed to improve the walkability of rail transit station streets and the overall walking environment quality of the city.
street walkabilityfor the agedrail transit station streetsHangzhou city