Heat-Moderating Effects of Bus Stop Shelters and Tree Shade on Public Transport Ridership.

ABSTRACT: Rising temperatures threaten the resilience of public transit systems. We determined whether bus stop shelters and tree canopy surrounding bus stops moderated the effect of warm season temperatures on ridership in Austin, Texas, and whether shelters and trees were equitably distributed. For bus stops (n = 2271) of Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, boardings per bus were measured 1 April-30 September 2019. Air temperature data originated from the Camp Mabry weather station. Tree canopy was calculated by classification of high-resolution aerial imagery from the National Agriculture Imagery Program. Data on race, ethnicity, poverty level, median age, and bus commuters within census tracts of bus stops originated from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey. Using multilevel negat

SUBMITTER: Lanza K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7827765 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature