Authors : Nabilah Naharudin, Mohd. Sanusi S. Ahamad and Ahmad Farhan Mohd. Sadullah
Abstract: Light-rail transit is an example of transit services that is growing to become one of the key components in enhancing city’s livability. Every trip begins and ends with pedestrian travel making it important to have a walkable environment around the stations. Most of local governments do have their own criteria or guidelines in planning and designing a walkable city. It includes many aspects such as connectivity, comfort, convenience, etc. In recent years, there is a significant increase of interests on walkability of the transit stations. Many studies had demonstrated how walkability can be quantified statistically. This study will discuss a conceptual approach for measuring a spatial walkability for light-rail transit services in Kuala Lumpur by using the analytical network process in multi-criteria decision analysis. This method aggregates the people’s preferences on walkable environment by assigning a weighting factor. The aggregated weightage will be integrated into geographical information system platform for further spatial analysis. The final result will be a spatial walkability index representing the station’s walkability that can be later used for future planning for the city or future development of the transit services.
Nabilah Naharudin, Mohd. Sanusi S. Ahamad and Ahmad Farhan Mohd. Sadullah, 2017. A Conceptual Approach of Measuring Spatial Walkability Index for Light-Rail Transit System. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 4562-4567.