Set up
The study area is located on the west coast of the Cape Town Metropolitan area and stretches northwards from the edge of the city to the old mission station settlement of Mamre.
The study area is defined by a 1km buffer around these routes.
These "main places" constitute the study area.
The study area is located on the west coast of the Cape Town Metropolitan area and stretches northwards from the edge of the city to the old mission station settlement of Mamre.
Defining the study area
Considerations for indicator selection
There is a lack of certainty in literature as to which set of indicators is the most representative of TOD. An attempt has been made to select indicators that represent aspects of each built environment dimension. The the indicators that have been selected were subject to data availability as well as assumptions about the suitability of each indicator in a raster environment.
In order to make the study context-relevant, two social indicators have been included; these are safety and car ownership respectively. A high crime density discourages people from walking to transit stations. Even if people live close to a transit station, they are likely to use private transport if they have access to private vehicles.
Unfortunately, data for demand management (parking supply information) was not available.
Final indicator selection
Population per grid cell
Jobs per grid cell
Entropy
Jobs-to-population balance
Intersection density
Shortest network distance
Job accessibility
Attraction accessibility
Transit node density
Distance to transit
Safety
Car ownership
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