A GIS-CA Model for Planning Bikeways upon the Footpath Network

Xu Zhao, Jie Zhang, Ning Zhang, Yiik Diew Wong, Yufang Zhou and Meng Meng
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Xu Zhao: Beijing Transport Institute, Beijing 100073, China
Jie Zhang: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK
Ning Zhang: National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids, Beijing 100176, China
Yiik Diew Wong: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Yufang Zhou: Beijing Transport Institute, Beijing 100073, China
Meng Meng: School of Management, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-11

Abstract: This study proposes a geographic information system (GIS)-based cellular automata (CA) model, which is designed for planning bikeways upon existing footpath networks within an urban area. The CA model was developed based on a GIS platform as a visual interface whereby spatiotemporal characteristics and spatial processing can be combined in a highly effective way. The host value of each CA cell is conditioned upon four indicator variables, namely cycling demand level, land-use nature, social value, and traffic safety. This model gives traffic planners a quick and intuitive framework to develop cycling facilities under limited land resources. A model prototype has been developed in a common desktop GIS and applied to a mid-sized rapidly developing area in Singapore.

Keywords: bikeway network planning; bike-sharing scheme; geographic information system; cellular automata model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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