Which Fabric/Scale Is Better for Transit-Oriented Urban Design: Case Studies in a Developing Country

Mohammad Hamed Abdi; Ali Soltani

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Which Fabric/Scale Is Better for Transit-Oriented Urban Design: Case Studies in a Developing Country

Mohammad Hamed Abdi, Ali Soltani

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The goal of this study was to find out how suitable the existing design of urban forms is for adopting transit-oriented development (TOD) basic ideas. Within a major metropolis and a medium-sized city, three varieties of Iranian urban fabric (historic, transitional, and modern) around transit stations were selected using the case study research technique. Then, for two sizes of station areas (macro) and street scales (micro), several TOD design dimensions were evaluated. The results of the comparative research indicated that Iranian cities offer greater chances for TOD design in inner urban areas (including historical and transitional urban forms), whereas microscale characteristics are less reliant on the kind of urban form.

Original language	English
Article number	7338
Number of pages	22
Journal	Sustainability (Switzerland)
Volume	14
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/su14127338
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2022
Externally published	Yes

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case study
Iran
public transit
transit station
transit-oriented development (TOD)
walkability

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