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This paper presents a procedure to analyse the quality of the urban space on the vicinity of public transport stations. This procedure evaluates walk and bicycle paths near the stations based on indicators mainly related to the physical characteristics of these paths. To define these indicators, a bibliographical review and a survey research in subway stations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were developed. From this survey, the distances travelled by users to the stations were evaluated and the attractive factors of walk and bicycles trips around them were identified; finally, based on these indicators, a spatial analysis of paths around a transit station is presented. For the spatial analysis, a Geographic Information System (GIS) was used. The resulting maps indicate the quality levels of the walk and bicycle paths.
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The authors acknowledge CNPq and CAPES, organizations of supporting research in Brazil, for support in developing this work.
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Monteiro, F.B., Campos, V.B.G. (2013). A Procedure Using GIS to Analyze the Access by Non-Motorized Transport to Transit Stations. In: Geertman, S., Toppen, F., Stillwell, J. (eds) Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, vol 195. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37533-0_15
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