Transportation Planning through GIS and Multicriteria Analysis: Case Study of Beijing and XiongAn

Table 1

Characteristics of variants.

	Variant	Length, km	Type of way	Time, h	Accessibility	Connection with another type of transport
V1	Existing intercity railway line	157	railway	3h, 30 minute- 4hour	no specific connection	Bus and Subway, Road
V2	New line	105	Metro, railway; (High-speed Line)	Should be less than 1 hour.	Metro + new railway line; connections in metro station	Subway Stations
V3	Motorway-1	125	Trunk road +Motorway	1 hour, 48 minute	6th Ring Road+ Motorway	Overall weak connection
V4	Motorway-2	167	Trunk road +Motorway	2 hour 8 minute	6th Ring Road+ Motorway	Overall weak connection
V5	Motorway-3	160	Trunk road +Motorway	2 hour 24 minute	6th Ring Road+ Motorway	Overall weak connection