Urban Public Transport Accessibility in the State of Palestine

Estimated share of the urban population with access to a public transport stop within a walking distance of 500 meters for low-capacity systems 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 on 2026-05 06.

Use Cases

• Assess urban transport equity based on estimated population access shares.
• Model service gaps for public transport planning based on walking distance thresholds.
• Benchmark urban accessibility metrics for the State of Palestine against other regions.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), an authoritative source.
• Last updated on 2026-05-06, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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 22:27:35.442843

Geography

State of Palestine