Securing climatic accessibility to public transport Accessible and readily available public transportation is perceived as an essential component in securing urban quality of life, and as one of the central goals of any urban sustainability vision. However, accessibility to public transportation is often presented as depending mainly on the walking distance between users' starting points and transportation stops and the quality of the physical infrastructure dedicated to pedestrians. Surprisingly, this approach ignores the need to secure thermal comfort for those using the access routes. This study was intended to provide an initial response to this deficit by developing a method for prioritising improvements to the climatic accessibility of transportation stops that could, in addition, be used by urban planners to prepare strategic plans for shading and urban afforestation. The prioritisation indices we developed are based on quantifying the disparity between the intensity of stop use and the degree of solar exposure of the footpaths leading to the stops. The study focused on three major cities in Israel: Tel AvivYafo, Haifa, and Be'er Sheva, as well as the town of Netivot. I Abstract We used the shade maps to calculate the level of hot season shade in the routes leading to each stop or in the streets within specific zones
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