ACCESSIBLITY AND SEGMENT FILES: A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICTING VOTING AREAS

Traffic networks play a major role in transportation and location-allocation studies. The links of a network are meant as the communication channels for trips and relationships within and between zones. A network connects all zones in the region concerned. Its intrinsic characteristics provide information to divine impedance variables for the various types of transportation submodels, i.e. distribution models, modal split and assignment. In general a zoning system divides a region into subareas. Each zonal centroid is an access point that is linked to the network to establish relationships with other centroids. All zonal data are attached to the centroids. The network itself contains no data but road characteristics. This paper describes the possibilities of segment based districting areas in general, demonstrated by a special application to voting districts. For the covering abstract of the conference see TRIS 389247. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transportation Planning Research Colloquium 1983 held in Zanvoort on December 14-16, 1983. Volume II.
• Corporate Authors:

  Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

  P.O. Box 45
  Delft,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Est, J van
  • Vroege, F de
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 333-344
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk
  • Publisher: Colloguium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Conferences; Location; Modal split; Networks; Planning; Roads; Traffic assignment; Traffic distribution; Transportation; Urban development; Zoning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 8525: Conference; 9061: Location; 675: Modal split; 143: Planning; 1053: Road network; 679: Traffic assignment; 1155: Transport; 374: Urban development
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389293
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM