Ricerc@Sapienza

Walking and transit are the pillars of sustainable cities and bus stops are often the seam between them. The issue is usually addressed from the “transit side” (attractiveness, comfort, safety of the bus stop) or from the passengers’, especially when dealing with accessibility. Less investigated are the effects of the built environment on the passengers’ assessment of bus stops accessibility.

Walking and transit are the backbone of sustainable mobility. Bus stops not only represent the connection between the two, but are also central in dictating the attractiveness of the latter. Accessibility of bus stops becomes, then, pivotal in increasing both attractiveness and sustainability of public transport. The paper describes a multi-step methodology to evaluate bus stops’ accessibility starting from a cluster of seven indicators describing objective and subjective features influencing passengers’ choice toward a given bus stop.