Visualizing the impact of Covid-19 vaccine passports on pedestrian access to metro stations in Hong Kong

Yingying Xu; Dawei Cheng; Ho Yin Chan; Anthony Chen

doi:10.1080/21681376.2022.2094828

Visualizing the impact of Covid-19 vaccine passports on pedestrian access to metro stations in Hong Kong

Yingying Xu, Dawei Cheng, Ho Yin Chan, Anthony Chen

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Abstract

Pedestrian infrastructures in Hong Kong enable multilevel city life in a vertical metropolis plagued by land scarcity. Public spaces integrated into pedestrian networks play an indispensable role in neighbourhood accessibility. We visualize the impact of the Covid-19 vaccine passport (VP) restrictions on the use of public space on pedestrian accessibility to all 97 metro stations in Hong Kong. Pedestrians without a vaccine passport (PwoVP) need to walk significantly longer alternative routes. Specifically, VP-related access restrictions to indoor walkways have doubled the shortest travel time for PwoVP and a 50% reduction in accessibility of two-thirds of stations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	516-518
Number of pages	3
Journal	Regional Studies, Regional Science
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2094828
Publication status	Published - Jul 2022

Keywords

3D pedestrian network
Covid-19
Hong Kong
metro
pedestrian accessibility
vaccine passport

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Sociology and Political Science
Economics and Econometrics

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Visualizing the impact of Covid-19 vaccine passports on pedestrian access to metro stations in Hong Kong

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