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Improving access to public transport services is integral in achieving the objectives of SDG 11. According to the UN Sustainable Transport, Sustainable Development 2021 interagency report, “only about half the world’s urban population have convenient access to public transport.” The report highlights that access to sustainable transport can help reduce food insecurity, boost economies, empower women, and connect people to key health, education, and finance services. As one measure of progress, the UN has established SDG indicator 11.2.1: “Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities.” The UN SDG indicator 11.2.1 metadata characterizes convenient access to public transport as either .5 km walking distance to a low-capacity public transport point or 1 km walking distance to a high-capacity public transport point. Using global open data, CIESIN computed SDG indicator 11.2.1 for 5,749 urban centers across 178 countries. Urban center extents and identifying names from the European Commission's Joint Research Center’s Urban Center Database (UCDB) were used in the production of this data set. This work was completed in support of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Human Planet Initiative (HPI). CIESIN plans to update the SDG indicator 11.2.1: Urban Access to Public Transport data set annually to help countries track their progress towards SDG 11 and to facilitate international comparisons. |
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Improving access to public transport services is integral in achieving the objectives of SDG 11. According to the UN Sustainable Transport, Sustainable Development 2021 interagency report, “only about half the world’s urban population have convenient access to public transport.” The report highlights that access to sustainable transport can help reduce food insecurity, boost economies, empower women, and connect people to key health, education, and finance services. As one measure of progress, the UN has established SDG indicator 11.2.1: “Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities.” The UN SDG indicator 11.2.1 metadata characterizes convenient access to public transport as either .5 km walking distance to a low-capacity public transport point or 1 km walking distance to a high-capacity public transport point. Using global open data, CIESIN computed SDG indicator 11.2.1 for 5,749 urban centers across 178 countries. Urban center extents and identifying names from the European Commission's Joint Research Center’s Urban Center Database (UCDB) were used in the production of this data set. This work was completed in support of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Human Planet Initiative (HPI). CIESIN plans to update the SDG indicator 11.2.1: Urban Access to Public Transport data set annually to help countries track their progress towards SDG 11 and to facilitate international comparisons. |
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Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)Columbia Climate School at Columbia University SDGs TodayThese data were produced with support received from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Grant 80NSSC18K0328: Population and Infrastructure on Our Human Planet. |
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<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>Measures SDG indicator 11.2.1, the “proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport.” Results reported at the urban center level.</span></p></div></div></div> |
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<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. </span></p><p><span>Users are free to use, copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work for commercial and non-commercial purposes, without restriction, as long as clear attribution of the source is provided. </span></p><p><span>It should be noted that the GADM data set, which conveys variable resolution per country, is not regularly updated. In addition, OSM global digitization is incomplete, and coverage varies for any given urban center. SDG indicator 11.2.1 requires access to be further categorized by sex, age, and persons with disabilities. However, analysis conducted using WorldPop Age and Sex Structures data sets produced insignificant differences in results. Global gridded disabilities data could not be found. Further research will have to be conducted to explore how SDG indicator 11.2.1 varies by sex, age, and persons with disabilities. </span></p><p><span>CIESIN follows procedures designed to ensure that data disseminated by CIESIN are of reasonable quality. If, despite these procedures, users encounter apparent errors or misstatements in the data, they should contact CIESIN User Services at ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu. CIESIN does not verify or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of any data provided. CIESIN provides this data without warranty of any kind whatsoever, either expressed or implied. CIESIN shall not be liable for incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of the use of any data provided by CIESIN. </span></p><p><span /></p></div></div></div> |
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