Synergetic Analysis of the Public Transit System and Urban Form for Small-and Medium-Sized Cities

摘要

Based on the characteristics of small and medium-sized cities, this paper establishes a coordination degree evaluation index system of the public transit system and the urban form. The coordination degree is obtained with the values of the sequential variables from the principal component analysis, by using the coordination degree calculation model. Sample data was obtained from different years of Danyang, Suzhou and Tongling. By comparing the analysis of the coordination degrees of different years in different cities, the number of bus routes, coverage percentage of the public transport station, downtown area and population as well as the road mileage was found as the main influencing factors of the coordination degree of the public transit system and the urban form of small and medium-sized cities.