Abstract
Conventional approaches to measuring accessibility benefits are not capable of fully measuring the total accessibility benefits of integrated land-use-transport strategies, in which both land-use and transport changes form part of the policy strategy. In this paper a comprehensive methodology for analysing accessibility impacts and accessibility benefits, which is based on location-based and utility-based accessibility measures within an integrated land-use-transport interaction modelling framework, is described and applied in a case study. The case study examines the accessibility benefits and related user benefits of intensive mixed-use strategies aimed at increasing the density and diversity of activities around railway stations for the Randstad area of the Netherlands for the 1996-2030 period. A heavy concentration of activities near railway stations is shown to result in decreasing marginal returns for public-transport users and disbenefits for car users.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 639-660 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Environment and planning. Part B: Planning and design |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
