PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2017, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (10): 1239-1249.doi: 10.18306/dlkxjz.2017.10.006

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Public service facility accessibility as influenced by public transportation in Beijing

Haibing JIANG1(), Wenzhong ZHANG2,3,*(), Sheng WEI4,5   

  1. 1. School of Urban and Planning, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224002, Jiangsu, China
    2. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
    3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    4. Jiangsu Institute of Urban Planning and Design, Nanjing 210036, China
    5. School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • Online:2017-10-28 Published:2017-10-28
  • Contact: Wenzhong ZHANG E-mail:haibingjiang1@163.com;zhangwz@igsnrr.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41230632;Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41301108, No.51608213

Abstract:

This study evaluated Beijing metropolitan public service facility accessibility, use efficiency, and supply and demand mismatch using a massive amount of spatial data. Ratio and shortest time distance methods were applied to calculate public service facility accessibility. By employing the rank correlation and spatial overlay methods, this study analyzed the mismatch between supply and demand of accessibility. The results show that the overall facility accessibility is good in Beijing. Accessibility of all types of facilities is best within the 4th ring road, where the average shortest travel time from residential areas to facilities is lowest. Facility accessibility is worst between the 5th and the 6th ring roads, where the average shortest travel time is the longest among all zones. Residential communities with high demand and high accessibility account for the highest proportion. Residential communities with high demand and low accessibility are mainly located in the eastern and northern parts of the city between the 5th and the 6th ring roads, where facility accessibility needs to be improved. Among the four types of facilities, primary schools have the highest accessibility because primary and middle schools attached greater importance to equity in access. However, hospitals and shopping malls emphasized more on spatial efficiency. For the residential communities with high demand and low accessibility, measures should be taken to improve travel modes and public transportation routes and construct new facilities in order to solve the accessibility problem and address the imbalance between supply and demand.

Key words: public transportation, public service facility, accessibility, supply and demand mismatch, Beijing