Public transport accessibility through co-modality Are interconnectivity indicators good enough

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1、ResearchinTransportationBusiness&Management2(2011)48–56ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectResearchinTransportationBusiness&ManagementPublictransportaccessibilitythroughco-modality:Areinterconnectivityindicatorsgoodenough?ClaudiadeStasio,DavideFiorello⁎,SilviaMaffiiTRTTrasportieTerrit

2、orio,viaRutilia10/820141Milano,ItalyarticleinfoabstractArticlehistory:Improvingtheaccessibilityofareasusingpublictransportmodesinvariouscombinations(oreveninReceived5January2011combinationwithcar)isonemajorgoaloftheconceptofco-modality.Forco-modality,thequalityofReceivedinrevisedform22

3、June2011interconnectivityisamajorrequirementtoimproveaccessibilityandindicatorsexistformeasuringAccepted4July2011accessibilityandinterconnectivityofnodes.However,inthispaperwearguethatco-modalityisnotfullyAvailableonline26July2011measuredbymostcommonindicators.Furthermore,inthatqualita

4、tiveaspectsarekeyfeaturesofcomodality,indicatorsdonotprovideenoughinformationforex-anteanalyses.Keywords:Interconnectivity©2011ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.Co-modalityNetworkAccessibility1.Introductionconsequenceisthatmeasuringaccessibilitythroughmodalcombina-tionsischallenging.Usuall

5、yaccessibilityindicatorsdonotdistinguishTheroleoftransportnetworksandservicesistoallowpeopleandbetweenuni-modalandmulti-modaltrips,butjustconsiderameasuregoodstomovebetweendifferentpointsinspace,i.e.toprovideofoverall“distance”betweenzonepairsornodes.Thismeasureaccessibility.Whennewinf

6、rastructuresormodificationsoftransportgenerallyoverlooksthefunctioningofinterconnections,especiallysupplyareplannedtheirperformanceisassessedintermsofthewithreferencetoqualitativeaspects.Ex-post,whenanintegratedimpactonaccessibility.Roadtransport(i.e.betterroads,newtransportserviceisimp

7、lementedandthequalityofitsinterconnectionsmotorways)hasplayedabigroleinimprovingaccessibilityintheisimplicitlyembeddedintotaltraveltimesbetweenzonepairsandinlasthalfcentury.Theundesiredconsequencesofprivatetransporttheamountofthedemandbetweenzonepairs,commonaccessibilityorsuchasconge