Urban Public Transport Accessibility in El Salvador

A dataset from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, last updated in May 2026. It contains the estimated share of the urban population with access to public transport stops within defined walking distances along the street network.

Use Cases

• Assess urban transport equity based on the estimated share of population with access.
• Model pedestrian catchment areas for public transport stops based on the 500m and 1000m walking distance metrics.
• Benchmark public transport network coverage in El Salvador against other regions.
• Inform infrastructure investment decisions using accessibility estimates.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative United Nations Human Settlements Programme.
• Dataset is recent, with a last update timestamp of 2026-05 06 22:26:54.603174.
• Available in common, accessible formats: CSV and XLSX.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Data and Analytics Section

Collection Method

Likely estimated from geographic and network analysis.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:26:54.603174; freshness should be verified.

Geography

El Salvador