Research Article
Research on the Social Benefits of Urban Rail Transit Operation: A Measurement Scale
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328039, author={Quanhong Liu and Yu Nie}, title={Research on the Social Benefits of Urban Rail Transit Operation: A Measurement Scale}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Information, Control and Automation, ICICA 2022, December 2-4, 2022, Chongqing, China}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICICA}, year={2023}, month={3}, keywords={rail transit; social benefit; evaluation index}, doi={10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328039} }- Quanhong Liu
Yu Nie
Year: 2023
Research on the Social Benefits of Urban Rail Transit Operation: A Measurement Scale
ICICA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.2-12-2022.2328039
Abstract
Rail transit has increasingly played an important role in urban transportation system due to its high capacity and low energy consumption. Since the existing literature on rail transit's operation benefits mainly focus on its economic benefits, this paper pays attention to its social benefits using a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods. Through expert and group interviews, combined with literature combing, the conceptual connotation of social benefits of rail transportation is refined and structural dimensions are constructed. Data were obtained by distributing questionnaires, applying exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, in addition to empirically testing the validity of the developed scale, and finally developing a set of measurement scales for the social benefits of rail transit operations. The scale contains 5 dimensions of residents' travel benefits, cultural and livelihood benefits, urban layout benefits, comprehensive urban benefits, and ecological and environmental benefits, with a total of 17 entries. Based on the results of the empirical analysis, the study proposes policy recommendations for rail transit construction and operation.