The Effects of Mass Transit System on Urban Population Distribution:Evidence from Wuhan

Se-il Mun, Lei Qin and Yue Zhou

Discussion papers from Graduate School of Economics , Kyoto University

Abstract: This paper aims to evaluate empirically how station spacing affects the density along the transit line and the compactness of the urban area. We derive the population density equation as a function of station spacing, based on urban economics model of residential land use. We estimate the population density equation using data for grids in Wuhan, China. Based on the estimated equation, we conduct counterfactual simulations for several cases of station spacing to evaluate the extent to which shorter station spacing contributes to land use compactness.

Keywords: Microcredit; Mass Transit System; Compact land use; Station spacing; Population distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R14 R21 R31 R42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45
Date: 2023-09
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