A TOD Classification of Metro Stations: An Application in Naples

Urban areas are facing environmental impacts due to the extensive use of private cars, such as air quality, health issues, and low quality of the built environment. To tackle these urgencies, a number of cities are building new metro lines and station. Some studies demonstrate that some factors of the stations catchment areas may influence public transport use. Starting from this premise, this chapter apply a cluster analysis with the aim of understanding and classifying station areas. In details the contribution proposes (i) a literature review on indicators used for station areas analysis; and (ii) a method to identification of station areas typologies. The study proposes an application at the sixty-two rail stations of the city of Naples, where several interventions have been recently carried out on the urban rail network and in station areas, within an integrated land-use and transport planning approach.