| Title | Visualizing the impact of Covid-19 vaccine passports on pedestrian access to metro stations in Hong Kong |
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| Type | Journal article |
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| Authors | Yingying Xu, Dawei Cheng, Ho-Yin Chan and 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. |
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| Journal | Regional Studies, Regional Science |
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| Journal citation | 9 (1), pp. 516-518 |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
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| Publisher's version | License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2094828 |
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| Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2022.2094828 |
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| Publication dates |
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| Published in print | 31 Dec 2022 |
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| Published online | 18 Jul 2022 |
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