Spatio-temporal evaluation of transport accessibility of the Istanbul metrobus line

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Shoman W., Demirel H.

GEOCARTO INTERNATIONAL, vol.35, no.6, pp.602-622, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/10106049.2018.1524515
  • Journal Name: GEOCARTO INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Environment Index, Geobase, INSPEC
  • Page Numbers: pp.602-622
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

High budget transport infrastructure projects in the Istanbul Metropolitan Area endeavour to increase the efficiency of the transportation system. Among those investments; the bus rapid transit system - Istanbul Metrobus Line (IML) - is the most popular one that serves one million trips per day. Yet, the performance and impact of IML are not quantitatively assessed. Hence in this study, a high-resolution GIS-remote sensing framework is designed to analyse before and after accessibility over the period of 40 years (namely 1987-1997-2007-2014). High resolution satellite images were processed to generate the lacking historical land cover/use information with the expected high accuracy. Within the study area, utilized accessibility indices have unevenly increased after the operation of IML, such as 104.19% in potential and 99.07% in daily accessibility. According to the achieved results, such high spatio-temporal spatial framework could aid decision makers to quantitatively assess and evaluate the performance of such investments.