Urban Public Transport Accessibility in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Estimated share of urban population who can access a public transport stop within a walking distance of 500 meters for low capacity systems and/or 1000 meters for high capacity systems along the street network. The dataset is provided by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Data and Analytics Section and was last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Model urban service accessibility based on walking distance thresholds to public transport.
• Assess equity in public transport provision across different urban areas.
• Plan infrastructure investments by identifying areas with low public transport coverage.
• Benchmark urban mobility metrics against international standards.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
• Dataset is recent, with a last update timestamp of 2026-05-06 22:31:20.348597.
• Available in common, accessible formats: CSV and XLSX.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description is high-level; specific methodology and granularity require inspection.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Data and Analytics Section

Collection Method

Likely derived from spatial analysis of street networks and public transport stop locations.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 06 22:31:20.348597

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo, urban areas