Urban Multi-modal Transportation Terminals Catchment Area Measurement and Optimization based on Effective Coverage Approach

Urban transportation terminals are known to be the most key infrastructure elements of cities that provide services in an integrated manner and in interaction with other urban land uses. Researching and evaluating the performance of this important element is not possible without considering its interaction with other influential and affected environmental elements. Accuracy in studies and appropriate design of infrastructure elements is the key to achieving high quality and quantity in providing services to citizens, which should be given special attention by decision-makers and urban planners. Researchers in the transportation industry and related sciences extract the results of network behavior measurement studies in the form of an operational plan to achieve the goals mentioned above. One of the most important issues examined in behavior measurement of the impact of a passenger transportation terminal in a city is the terminal catchment area issue, which is defined in the effective coverage approach and transit-oriented development theory. In this article, first, the nature of the performance of urban transportation terminals as a multi-modal network terminal is identified from behavior measurement studies, and then a relatively accurate method for measuring the evaluation factor catchment area is presented. The evaluation factor measurement method is an analytical method based on terminal accessibility, which has been studied in the dimensions of access length, access time, access cost, access energy, and access convenience. The results of this research show that transportation terminals are specific service applications that directly and indirectly attract or distribute the volume of passenger transportation demand from the covered area.

کلیدواژه ها:

Urban Transportation Planning ، Multi-modal Transportation ، Transportation Terminals ، Terminal Catchment Area ، Transit Oriented Development