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Indicator 11.2.1: Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

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Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

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Comments and limitations While the Bureau of Transportation Statistics continues to make progress on a National Transit Map, the level of transit system coverage is insufficient to allow us to generate data for 11.2.1 Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities. Steven Beningo (10/20/2017 email to Kali Kong) Bureau of Transportation Statistics/OST/USDOT
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Target name By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons.
Global indicator description The indicator is suitable, particularly in the countries/cities where the information exists. The Target is too broad intending to measure multiple aspects of urban mobility. The indicator covers three critical aspects of this target: accessible in distance, energy-efficient and the expansion of public transport. UN-Habitat position, in line with all the organizations supporting this indicator, is that necessary adjustments are required to minimize its complexity and make it more suitable for global monitoring. The indicator can be measured by a proxy, which is the proportion of the population that has a public transit stop within 0.5 km. This reduces the complexity of the 20 minutes (which is very variable in different hours of the day or days of the week). In case there is no spatial information on the population location and density, the indicator can measure the proportion of the surface that has a public transit stop. As cities/countries evolve in their data collection systems, the indicator could be harmonized to include the elements indicated by the EC (street network and frequency of the transport).
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