Territorial Analysis of Taxi Mobility from a Sustainability and Pedestrian Accessibility Perspective

The habits influence the sustainability of our cities in terms of mobility in our daily lives. The main objective of this study is to achieve a sustainable mobility model from a new approach. This new approach differs from the traditional mobility management model, which focuses on a single department in charge of vehicle traffic that develops models based on surveys. In this research, geoprocessing techniques and spatial analysis tools have been applied to the positioning of taxi vehicles. The interdependence between taxis and other urban public transport has been proven through this analysis. It should be noted that this study shows that the mobility pattern of the taxi service in a medium-sized city is influenced by quantitative variables of a very diverse nature, such as population, infrastructure and means of transportation. In this way, taxi mobility is explained as a function of pedestrian accessibility to other means of transport. The multiple regression models obtained show a high R2 (around 0.9), demonstrating that access to other modes of transport significantly impacts the mobility of the taxi service.