Accessibility and Transit-Oriented Development in European metropolitan areas

[Display omitted] •The relationship between TOD degree and cumulative rail accessibility in cities.•A comparison of connectivity, densities and accessibility in six study cases.•Cumulative rail accessibility is higher in cities with a higher TOD degree.•A methodology for TOD and accessibility planni...

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Published in:Journal of transport geography 2015-07, Vol.47, p.70-83
Main Authors: Papa, Enrica, Bertolini, Luca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accessibility
Correlation
Geography
Inhabitants
Metropolitan areas
Rails
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)
Transportation networks
Urban areas
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Summary:[Display omitted] •The relationship between TOD degree and cumulative rail accessibility in cities.•A comparison of connectivity, densities and accessibility in six study cases.•Cumulative rail accessibility is higher in cities with a higher TOD degree.•A methodology for TOD and accessibility planning. This study investigates how urban form is related to accessibility. In particular, it explores the relationship between Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and rail-based accessibility in a metropolitan area. The following overarching questions are addressed: Does a TOD-informed urban spatial structure correlate with high rail based accessibility? Which features of TOD are correlated to rail-based accessibility? These questions are answered through a comparative analysis of six metropolitan areas in Europe. The “TOD degree”, operationalized as the extent to which urban development is concentrated along rail corridors and stations, is correlated with a cumulative opportunity measure of rail-based accessibility to jobs and inhabitants. The comparison demonstrates that rail-based accessibility is higher in urban areas where inhabitants and jobs are more concentrated around the railway network and in lesser measure in urban areas with higher values of network connectivity. No correlation is found between rail-based accessibility and average densities of inhabitants and jobs.
ISSN:0966-6923
1873-1236
DOI:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.07.003