A dataset from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Data and Analytics Section, last updated on 2026-05-06. It provides estimated shares of urban populations with walking-distance access to public transport stops, using thresholds of 500 meters for low-capacity and 1000 meters for high-capacity systems. The data is structured in tabular formats (CSV, XLSX) and is released under the PDDL-1.0 license.
Use Cases
- Assess urban transport equity based on walking-distance accessibility metrics.
- Model sustainable city development scenarios using public transport coverage data.
- Benchmark public transport infrastructure performance across different urban areas.
- Inform policy decisions on public transport investment and network expansion.
Strengths
- Produced by the authoritative United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
- Uses a standardized, network-based methodology for accessibility measurement.
- Released under the permissive PDDL-1.0 license for broad reuse.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and specific geographic or temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Data and Analytics Section
- Collection Method
- Estimated via spatial analysis along street networks, likely using GIS and population data.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-06 22:24:12.995367; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Urban areas globally, but specific coverage is unknown.