Metro plays a crucial role in the public transportation system of big cities. Research on metro accessibility is essential to reduce traffic congestion and enhance the overall happiness of local residents. Related fields have long been interested in the correlation between metro accessibility and life satisfaction. This review provides an overview of the methods used to measure metro accessibility and examines how metro accessibility directly and indirectly influences life satisfaction. By means of the theories of behavioral geography and urban planning, this study establishes a framework for how metro accessibility affects life satisfaction via space-time behavior. It emphasizes how daily activity and travel behavior are related to metro accessibility and life satisfaction at a micro-individual level, so as to provide a research basis for the follow-up study.

accessibility of rail  /  space-time behavior  /  life satisfaction  /  behavioral geography