Somalia Urban Public Transport Accessibility Estimates

Estimated share of Somalia's urban population with access to public transport stops within a 500-meter walking distance for low-capacity systems and/or a 1000-meter distance 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 on 2026-05 06.

Use Cases

• Assess urban transport equity based on estimated population access shares.
• Model service area coverage for public transport networks based on walking distance thresholds.
• Inform infrastructure investment decisions based on spatial accessibility gaps.
• Benchmark urban transport development against accessibility metrics.

Strengths

• Dataset is produced by a United Nations agency (UN-Habitat), suggesting authoritative sourcing.
• Focuses on a specific, policy-relevant metric: population share within defined walking distances.
• Distinguishes between low-capacity (500m) and high-capacity (1000m) transport systems.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and sample data are unavailable, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The estimation methodology and underlying data sources are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Likely derived from spatial analysis of transport networks and population data.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:26:34.095453; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Somalia (urban areas)