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- Title
- Development of an accessibility metric and its application to Melbourne
- Author(s)
- Espada, Ian; Luk, James
- Abstract
- This paper describes the development of an accessibility metric for performance monitoring and policy analysis. The developed accessibility metric incorporated transport cost and opportunities at the end of a trip to calculate an accessibility score. It covers employment, school and shopping and recreation trip purposes. It includes accessibility by four modes including car, public transport, cycling and walking. Melbourne was analysed as a case study using the metric. The accessibility profile of Melbourne was illustrated. The relationship of accessibility to the propensity to travel long distances, non-car mode share, and property price were investigated. The analysis showed that (i) zones with higher accessibility coincided with zones wherein people travel less distances; (ii) higher public transport, walking and cycling accessibility coincided with higher non-car mode shares for work trips but not for other trip purposes; and (iii) areas with higher public transport, walking and cycling accessibility levels coincided with areas with higher property prices.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- Road and Transport Research Journal, Vol. 20, no. 3 (Sep 2011), pp. 55-66
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 0905 Civil Engineering; 1507 Transportation and Freight Services
- Keyword(s)
- Accessibility; Accessibility metric; Cycling; Driving; Melbourne; Performance monitoring; Policy analysis; Public transport; Transport; Travel distance; Walking
- Publisher
- ARRB Group
- ISSN
- 1037-5783
- Publisher URL
- http://www.arrb.com.au/Information-services/Road-Transport-Research-Journal-Abstracts/September-2011-Volume-20-Number-3.aspx
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2011.
- Additional information
- This article is adapted from a paper originally reviewed and presented at the 2011 Conference of the Australian Institute of Traffic Planning and Management, held in Melbourne in August 2011.
- Peer reviewed
