scholarly journals Spatial multicriteria model to analyze residential segregation in the colonias of El Paso, Texas

DECUMANUS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 97-119
Author(s):  
Adrián Botello Mares ◽  
Erick Sánchez Flores
Keyword(s):  
Residential Segregation ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
El Paso ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
Business District

Residential segregation, as an expression of the socio-economic differences of the population in the territory, is a phenomenon that has been studied from different perspectives, since segregation spaces manifest themselves in different ways, depending on the socio-cultural context in which they occur. However, having tools that allow its systematic identification and characterization, facilitates its approach as public policy spaces, for the improvement of the population’s living conditions. In this paper, we present the conceptual and methodological bases to approach the phenomenon of residential segregation from a set of spatial variables that explain objectively its distribution, using a multicriteria evaluation model. Particularly, we analyzed the case of study of the border city of El Paso, Texas, and its colonias, considering basic services, accessibility and population characteristics variables, derived from 2015 census data. Results show the highest concentration of residential segregation in the so-called colonias, because of the income conditions, below the poverty line, the distance from the central business district of the city, the lack of public transportation routes, and the deficiencies in residential services. The spatially expressed segregation variables allow for a better understanding of the phenomenon in measurable terms.

scholarly journals Perpanjangan Lintas Dan Rencana Pola Operasi Kereta Api Lembah Anai Wilayah Divre II Sumatera Barat

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Eka Arista Anggorowati ◽  
Anggun Mega Nurfadhilla ◽  
Ari Widi Wibowo ◽  
Enrico Pria Anggana
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
City Center ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Potential Demand ◽  
Business District ◽  
The City ◽  
Center Increase

ABSTRACTThe growing population and the shifting of population movement from the suburbs to the city center will make the demand for rail transportation services to the city center increase. To deal with this problem, it is necessary to study the analysis related to potential demand, the need for the number of facilities and new operating patterns for the extension of railroad relations. The results of the research showed that the potential demand was obtained from the calculation of actual and potential demand, where the actual demand was obtained by carrying out a survey on train from 644 respondents, 85.5% agreed with the extension of the Lembah Anai Railway relation and as many as 88% were willing to choose the train mode. In the potential demand analysis, a stated preference survey was carried out in Pauh District, from 2636 respondents, 86.7% were willing to switch from private vehicles and public transportation to the railroad mode. Based on the analysis of the calculation of facility requirements according to the demand, 1 trainset is ready for operation to accommodate the community to carry out daily mobilization to the center of the Central Business District (CBD) in Padang City.Keywords: Demand, pattern of rail operations, Railway Travel Graph (RTG) ABSTRAK Berkembangnya jumlah penduduk dan semakin bergesernya pergerakan penduduk dari pinggiran kota menuju pusat kota akan membuat semakin meningkatnya jumlah permintaan akan jasa angkutan kereta api sampai menuju pusat kota. Untuk menunjang permasalahan tersebut perlu dikaji analisis terkait potensi demand, kebutuhan jumlah sarana dan pola operasi baru perpanjangan relasi kereta api. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan potensi demand didapatkan dari perhitungan demand aktual dan potensial, dimana demand aktual dilakukan survey on train dari 644 responden 85,5% setuju dengan adanya perpanjangan relasi Kereta Api Lembah Anai dan sebanyak 88% bersedia untuk memilih moda kereta api. Pada analisis demand secara potensial dilakukan survey stated preference di Kecamatan Pauh dari 2636 responden 86,7% bersedia untuk pindah dari moda kendaraan pribadi dan angkutan umum ke moda kereta api. Berdasarkan analisis perhitungan kebutuhan sarana sesuai dengan demand didapatkan 1 trainset Siap Operasi untuk mengakomodir masyarakat melakukan mobilisasi sehari-hari menuju pusat Central Business District (CBD) di Kota Padang.Kata kunci : Demand, kebutuhan sarana, pola operasi kereta api, Grafik Perjalanan Kereta Api (Gapeka)

Analysis of Factors Influencing the Determination of Land Compensation Value of PLN Tower on the Construction of TL 150 KV Kuala-Binjai

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 184-188
Author(s):  
Sahril A ◽  
Nazaruddin Matondang ◽  
Sugiharto Pujangkoro
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Road ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Business District ◽  
Transportation Route

The purpose of the study is to find out and analyze how much influence the distance of tower land the central business district (CBD), distance of tower land to the government office, legal aspect of tower land, distance of the tower land to the public transportation route, and road class classification on land compensation value of PLN Tower on the construction of TL 150 KV Kuala-Binjai. This research is a quantitative descriptive research. The location of the research object is in Langkat Regency and Binjai City, North Sumatra Province, totaling 40 objects of land compensation value. All populations are as samples. The analytical method used is multiple linear regression. The results showed that the distance of the tower land to the central business district (CBD) has a significant effect on land compensation value. The distance of the tower land to the government office has a significant effect on land compensation value. The legal aspect of tower land has a significant effect on land compensation value. The distance of the tower land to the public transportation route has no significant effect on land compensation value. The road class classification has no significant effect on land compensation value. Keywords: Central Business District, Government Office, Legal Aspect, Public Transportation, Road Class Classification, Land Compensation Value.

scholarly journals The Paradoxical Travel Behavior of Bangkokians

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Panit Pujinda ◽  
Sauvanithi Yupho
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Transportation Planning ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Rail Transit ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
Business District ◽  
The City ◽  
Heavy Rail

Bangkok has been ranked as the world’s most traffic jam more than decades. At the same time, the city is constantly developed with many maga projects with the attempt to heal the problem. However, the developments in Bangkok do not follow transportation planning as elaborated in this paper through three basic expectations of travel behavior. They based on transportation planning in Bangkok are: (1) heavy rail transit that runs on a radial line will transport passengers from residential neighborhoods in outer Bangkok to the central business district (CBD); (2) If the workplace is fixed, persons who live in outer Bangkok are assumed to have higher travel cost and commuting time than those who live in the city center; and (3). A feeder system will support heavy rail transit by expanding service areas and increasing passengers. However, this paper documents how Thai travel behavior is not necessarily conforming to expectations.Keywords: Quality of Life; Travel Behavior; Public Transportation; BangkokISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals Flood hazard modelling and risk assessment in the Nadi River Basin, Fiji, using GIS and MCDA

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessy Paquette ◽  
John Lowry
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Flood Hazards ◽  
Location Data ◽  
Gis Data ◽  
Business District

This paper presents a simple and affordable approach to flood hazard assessment in a region where primary data are scarce. Using a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach coupled with GIS layers for elevation, catchments, land-use, slope, distance from channel, and soil types, we model the spatial extent of flood hazard in the Nadi River basin in western Fiji. Based on the flood hazard model results we assess risk to flood hazards in the greater Nadi area. This is carried out using 2007 census data and building location data obtained from aerial photography. The flood model reveals that the highest hazard areas in Nadi are the Narewa, Sikituru and Yavusania villages followed by the Nadi central business district (Nadi CBD). Closer examination of the data suggests that the Nadi River is not the only flood vector in the area. Several poorly designed storm drains also present a hazard since they get clogged by rubbish and cannot properly evacuate runoff thus creating water build-up. We conclude that the MCDA approach provides a simple and effective means to model flood hazard using basic GIS data. This type of model can help decision makers focus their flood risk awareness efforts, and gives important insights to disaster management authorities.

scholarly journals Spatial super-spreaders and super-susceptibles in human movement networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Chien Benny Chin ◽  
Roland Bouffanais
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Neighborhood Diversity ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
Business District

Abstract As lockdowns and stay-at-home orders start to be lifted across the globe, governments are struggling to establish effective and practical guidelines to reopen their economies. In dense urban environments with people returning to work and public transportation resuming full capacity, enforcing strict social distancing measures will be extremely challenging, if not practically impossible. Governments are thus paying close attention to particular locations that may become the next cluster of disease spreading. Indeed, certain places, like some people, can be “super-spreaders”. Is a bustling train station in a central business district more or less susceptible and vulnerable as compared to teeming bus interchanges in the suburbs? Here, we propose a quantitative and systematic framework to identify spatial super-spreaders and the novel concept of super-susceptibles, i.e. respectively, places most likely to contribute to disease spread or to people contracting it. Our proposed data-analytic framework is based on the daily-aggregated ridership data of public transport in Singapore. By constructing the directed and weighted human movement networks and integrating human flow intensity with two neighborhood diversity metrics, we are able to pinpoint super-spreader and super-susceptible locations. Our results reveal that most super-spreaders are also super-susceptibles and that counterintuitively, busy peripheral bus interchanges are riskier places than crowded central train stations. Our analysis is based on data from Singapore, but can be readily adapted and extended for any other major urban center. It therefore serves as a useful framework for devising targeted and cost-effective preventive measures for urban planning and epidemiological preparedness.

Optimizing route choice in multimodal transportation networks

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 800-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Behzad Rouhieh ◽  
Ciprian Alecsandru
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Transportation Networks ◽  
Routing Algorithm ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Subsequent Work ◽  
Traveler Information ◽  
Multimodal Transportation ◽  
Business District

Advanced traveler information systems provide travelers with pre-trip and en route travel information necessary to improve the trip decision making process based on various criteria (e.g., avoiding the negative impacts of traffic congestion, selecting specific travel modes, etc.). This study investigates an adaptive routing methodology for multimodal transportation networks. To integrate transit networks, the model takes into account both the predefined timetables of public transportation services and the variability of travel times. A graph theory based methodology is proposed to capture travel behavior within a multimodal network. The study advances a routing algorithm based on Markov decision processes. Special network modeling elements were defined to allow the developed algorithm to select the most efficient transportation mode at each junction along a given route. The proposed methodology is applied to a small real-world network located in the central business district area of Montreal, Quebec. The network includes bus, subway, and bicycle transportation facilities. The simulations were run under the assumption that users do not use private vehicles to travel between arbitrary selected origin and destination points. The developed routing algorithm was applied to several simulation scenarios. The results identified what is the most efficient combination of transportation modes that the travelers have to use given certain traffic and transit service conditions. Larger and more complex networks of motorized and non-motorized modes with stochastic properties will be investigated in subsequent work.

Examining Multimodal Transportation in the El Paso, Texas, Region: Regional Transportation Survey Results

2017 ◽  
Vol 2654 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ipek N. Sener ◽  
Richard J. Lee ◽  
Chris Simek ◽  
Alfredo Sánchez ◽  
Rafael M. Aldrete
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
El Paso ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Multimodal Transportation ◽  
Barriers And Motivators ◽  
Behavioral Barriers

This paper summarizes a component of a multimodal transportation study conducted for the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization of Texas, which included a regional population survey. The El Paso Regional Multimodal Transportation Survey was implemented between September and October 2015, and the study area included all of El Paso County, Texas, and parts of Doña Ana and Otero Counties, New Mexico. The survey specifically examined the behaviors or motivations to use or not to use various modes of transportation, with a particular focus on alternative modes (i.e., walking, bicycling, and using public transportation). As one of the first known regional transportation surveys in the United States, this survey contributed to the emerging area of health and transportation through the integration of several elements of health and well-being. The results indicate that an understanding of regional and population characteristics, as well as behavioral barriers and motivators, is an important first step in the design of effective alternative travel programs and interventions. Several factors, including neighborhood environment variables, personal and social characteristics, and attitudes and habits toward health and transportation, worked together to influence residents’ participation in alternative transportation. Although the personal automobile is the dominant travel mode in El Paso, residents saw great value in the extension of public transportation infrastructure in the future. Improvements of connectivity, safety, and the neighborhood environment were found to be particularly essential to encourage walking and bicycling in the region.

scholarly journals Art Building Design Using Byblos Local Value Themes Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Aung Ko Tneth
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Art And Culture ◽  
Business District ◽  
The City

This article discusses the design of an arts building with an approach to the theme of local values. This design is carried out considering the importance of the existence of an art and culture in big cities to boost the local economy and also become an attraction for the tourism sector, as well as the desire of the community to enjoy the beauty of art, as well as the desire of artists to be witnessed and exhibit their works of art. The location that is used as a place for the art building must fill the city spatial planning, where the location of the building that I designed is on Jalan Tanjung Bunga is the central business district, where several supporting facilities such as public transportation, clean water, electricity, telephone network etc., this is the basis for my choosing a location on this flower promontory road. Efforts to increase the attractiveness of the Arts Building by combining traditional Makassar ethnic styles. So that visitors can also find out the typical regional ornaments through this art building. Paying attention to the harmony and balance of design elements in the Arts Building is expected to provide comfort to visitors and organizers of a show.

Neighborhood Ethnoracial Composition and Gentrification in Chicago and New York, 1980 to 2010

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey M. Timberlake ◽  
Elaina Johns-Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Central Cities ◽  
Black Neighborhoods ◽  
Residential Preference ◽  
Black Residents ◽  
Business District ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

This research examines the impact of neighborhood ethnoracial composition on the likelihood that neighborhoods that could gentrify do gentrify over time. Drawing on findings from the gentrification and residential preference literatures, we hypothesize that the percentage of Black and Latino residents in neighborhoods in 1980 is associated with the probability of gentrification, conditional on the racial composition of neighborhoods in 2010. We test these hypotheses with analyses of census data for tracts in the central cities of Chicago and New York in 1980 to 2010. We find that the percentage of Black residents in 1980 was negatively associated with gentrified White and positively associated with gentrified Black neighborhoods, and that percent Latino in 1980 was positively associated with gentrified Latino neighborhoods. Finally, we found strong evidence that gentrification in these cities was much more likely to occur in neighborhoods close to the central business district.

scholarly journals Mode Selection Sensitivity Analysis between BRT and Private Vehicle (Case Study of Pontianak City CBD Area)

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Rudi Sugiono Suyono ◽  
Nurhayati Nurhayati ◽  
Wisa Yustrinisa
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Mode Selection ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Selection Model ◽  
Travel Costs ◽  
Storage Area ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Business District

This type of public transportation BRT mode began to be officially applied in Pontianak City to overcome traffic congestion. The problem is that many travelers prefer to use private vehicles rather than public transportation. This study aims to analyze the sensitivity of the mode selection model which explains the probability of choosing a BRT against aprivate vehicles if a BRT is presented in the Central Business District of Pontianak City. The mode selection method uses the Stated Preferences Technique in the form of a quetionnaire which is analyzed by multiple linear regression to obtain a utility equation. Based on the results of the sensitivity analysis of the mode selection model, the probability value of selecting BRT is 21,7%, if it is in conditions where the difference in the attributes offacilities and comfort (X1) is -10, this means that there are no facilities and conveniences of BRTsuch as private vehicles, thesecond is the difference in  thewaiting time attribute (X2) which is 15 minutes, the third condition is the difference in travel costs attribute (X3) namely Rp 0,- and the fourth condition is the difference in travel time attribute (X4), which is 10 minutes To increase the probability of choosing a BRT to 60%, it can be done by increasing the difference between the facilities and comfort attributes to 0 (zero), which means there is no difference in facilities and comfort that BRT has with private vehicles such as the availability of air conditioning, free WIFI, clean, fragrant, having a bag storage area  and others. This is because the most sensitive attributes compared to other attributes are facilities and comfort attributes.

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