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As one of Australia\u2019s largest capital cities, Melbourne is growing and expanding its metropolitan area to reflect the growth in population and an increased number of activities. To date, little research has been conducted to determine the accessibility and adequacy of public transport taking into consideration the blank spot areas, the number of public transport options for each area, the population density within specific geographical areas, and other issues. In this study, a new measurement model is developed that examines public transport in residential areas and the extent to which it is adequate for the various local government areas (LGAs). An accessibility approach is adopted to evaluate the accessibility of different types of public transportation in residential areas in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The results show that in most LGAs, the number of blank spots will decrease as the population density increases. This indicates that residents in lower-density areas will have less accessibility to public transportation. However, there is no indication that there is a greater level of services (such as more night-time and weekend public transportation services) in the high-density areas. This research is significant as it will point to and help to improve the areas with inadequate public transportation and other issues, taking into consideration their geographical locations and population density.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijgi12050180","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,26]],"date-time":"2023-04-26T01:16:25Z","timestamp":1682471785000},"page":"180","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["GIS Analysis of Adequate Accessibility to Public Transportation in Metropolitan Areas"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8429-6598","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sultan","family":"Alamri","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Computing and Informatics, Saudi Electronic University, Ryiadh 11673, Saudi Arabia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5884-1409","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kiki","family":"Adhinugraha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7191-2099","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nasser","family":"Allheeib","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Information System, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8862-3960","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David","family":"Taniar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.5038\/2375-0901.7.4.3","article-title":"Implementing quality improvements in public transport","volume":"7","author":"Friman","year":"2004","journal-title":"J. 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