Application of accessibility measures

Much recent attention has been focussed on the issue of liveability in urban areas, of which transport accessibility is an important component. Accessibility refers to the ease and convenience of access to amenities, including employment, shops and services, or anything else that people want to access. In its purest form, accessibility considers both the mobility of individuals and the location efficiency of amenities to provide a robust measure of the true purpose of our transport networks. Good accessibility has also been shown to promote increased land values. In order to be able to manage and improve accessibility of our urban areas, it is necessary to have access to appropriate measures as well as benchmarks. This paper outlines the theory of accessibility measurement in simple terms, and provides a few examples of the application of accessibility measures from the author’s experience.

• Authors:
  • Grace, R
• Conference:
  • Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management (AITPM) National Conference, 2012, Sydney, New South Wales
• Publication Date: 2012-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Location; Mobility; Planning; Transportation; Transportation operations; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Policy and planning
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Western Australia
• ATRI Terms: Accessibility; Location; Mobility; Transport network; Transport planning; Travel behaviour; Travel demand
• ITRD Terms: 9105: Mobility (pers)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01457773
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: Session 5A
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 21 2012 11:48AM