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Explaining variables | Description | Expected sign |
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Population | Total population within the PCA | + |
Employment | Total employment within the PCA | + |
Resi_Area | Building area of residence within the PCA | + |
Com_Area | Building area of commerce within the PCA | + |
Office_Area | Building area of office land use within the PCA | + |
Other_Area | Building area of other uses within the PCA | + |
Land_use_Mix | Land use mix index (equation (9)) | + |
Restaurant_Num | Number of restaurants within the PCA | + |
College_Num | Number of colleges within the PCA | + |
Hospital_Num | Number of hospitals within the PCA | + |
Shopping_Num | Number of shopping stores within the PCA | + |
Financial_Num | Number of financial institutions within the PCA | + |
Scenic_spot_Num | Number of scenic spots within the PCA | + |
Ext_hub_Num | Number of external traffic hubs within the PCA | − |
Parking_Num | Number of parking spaces within the PCA | − |
Recreational_Num | Number of recreational spots within the PCA | + |
Gov_Agency_Num | Number of government agencies within the PCA | + |
Hotel_Num | Number of hotels within the PCA | + |
Road_Len | Length of road within the PCA | − |
Auto_domi_Len | Length of automobile-dominated road (freeway and arterial road) within the PCA | − |
Dis_to_centers | Minimum linear distance from a station to all city centers | − |
Dis_to_station | Average linear distance between stops and stations within the 500 m station buffer | − |
Bus_line_Num | Number of bus lines within the 500 m station buffer | + |
Bus_stop_Num | Number of bus stops within the 500 m station buffer | + |
Dummy_terminal | Whether the station is a terminal station (yes = 1; no = 0) | + |
Dummy_line_transfer | Whether the station is a transfer station between metro lines (yes = 1; no = 0) | + |
Dummy_modal_transfer | Whether the station is a transfer station between different traffic modes (yes = 1; no = 0) | + |
Dummy_CBD | Whether the station is located in CBD (yes = 1; no = 0) | − |
Dis_between_adj_station | The adjacent linear distance between stations | + |
J_Accessibility | The accessibility of jobs from other stations (equation (7)) | + |
P_Accessibility | The accessibility of working-age people from other stations (equation (8)) | + |
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