A methodological application of the capability approach to investigate access to multimodal public transport information in a hybrid network

While information and communications technologies offer avenues for disseminating information to help passengers navigate multimodal systems, they also come with challenges in the form of usefulness of information content, imbalances in information supply across modes, and barriers to information access. This paper reflects on the design of a mixed methods approach framed within Amartya Sen's capability approach for investigating and addressing these challenges. Using Cape Town, South Africa as a lens of study, this paper investigates user information needs, technology capabilities related to mobility information, and informational capabilities of captive public transport users to access multimodal mobility information through technology.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.12.042
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146523013029
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  • © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Ryseck, Bianca
  • Behrens, Roger
• Conference:
  • 12th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods
  • Location: Maceira , Portugal
  • Date: 2022-3-20 to 2022-3-25
• Publication Date: 2024

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 108-119
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 76
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Information dissemination; Multimodal transportation; Public transit; Traveler information and communication systems
• Geographic Terms: Cape Town (South Africa)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01926368
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 2 2024 8:45AM