Accessibility Analysis and Transport Planning

Edited by Karst T. Geurs, Professor of Transport Planning, University of Twente, the Netherlands, Kevin J. Krizek, Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado, Boulder, US and Aura Reggiani, Professor of Economic Policy, University of Bologna, Italy

• Contents:Preface1. Accessibility Analysis and Transport Planning: An IntroductionKarst T. Geurs, Kevin J. Krizek and Aura Reggiani PART I: ACCESSIBILITY CONCEPTS: NEW APPROACHES2. Accessibility, Connectivity and Resilience in Complex Networks Aura Reggiani3. ICT and Accessibility: Research Synthesis and Future PerspectivesBert van Wee, Caspar Chorus and Karst T. Geurs4. Assessment of Infrastructure Investments Using Agent-based Accessibility Christof Zöllig and Kay W. AxhausenPART II: DIMENSIONS OF LOCAL ACCESSIBILITY5. The Connections Among Accessibility, Self-selection and Walking Behaviour: A Case Study of Northern California Residents Xinyu Cao and Patricia L. Mokhtarian6. Perceptions of Accessibility to Neighbourhood Retail and Other Public Services Kevin J. Krizek, Jessica Horning and Ahmed El-Geneidy7. Accessibility to Public Service Delivery: A Combination of Different Indicators Tijs NeutensPART III: ECONOMIC VALUATION OF ACCESSIBILITY EFFECTS8. Accessibility Benefits of Integrated Land Use and Public Transport Policy Plans in the Netherlands Karst T. Geurs, Michiel de Bok and Barry Zondag 9. The Impact of Accessibility on House Prices: An Application to Large Urban Planning and Infrastructure Projects in the Netherlands Thomas de Graaff, Ghebreegziabiher Debrezion and Piet Rietveld10. A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Valuing Accessibility Effects of a New Bridge Arnstein Gjestland, David McArthur, Liv Osland and Inge ThorsenPART IV: ACCESSIBILITY, SOCIAL EQUITY AND EXCLUSION11. A Justice-theoretic Exploration of Accessibility Measures Karel Martens and Aaron Golub12. Who Benefits from New Transportation Infrastructure? Using Accessibility Measures to Evaluate Social Equity in Public Transport Provision Kevin Manaugh and Ahmed El-Geneidy13. A Critical Assessment of Accessibility Planning for Social Inclusion Karen Lucas PART V: TRANSPORT PLANNING AND ACCESSIBILITY MEASUREMENTS14. Integrating Transport in the UK through Accessibility Planning Derek Halden15. Accessibility: A Key Indicator to Assess the Past and Future of Urban Mobility Yves Crozet, Aurélie Mercier and Nicolas Ovtracht16. European Transport Policy: Methodology to Assess Accessibility Impacts Panayotis Christidis and Nicolás Ibanez RivasIndex

‘This book encapsulates the broad spectrum of work which may come under the umbrella of accessibility. From theoretical to applied, from people focussed to place focussed, individual to aggregate and from economic progress to promoting well-being, the long, varied history of accessibility as a concept in transport planning is borne out in the chapters in this volume.’