Accessibility and uncertainty: An empirical analysis of option value in transport

Bondemark, Anders; Johansson, Erik; Kopsch, Fredrik

doi:10.5198/jtlu.2021.1783

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“…The concept of escaping can also be related to the concept of the option value, expressing that people value a good or service not because of actual use, but because of the option to be able to use it in the future (Geurs et al, 2006;Bondemark et al, 2021). Escape theory first explains that people, during their escape, may positively value the lack of options for travelling back, or value being difficult to access.…”

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Escape theory: Explaining a negative motivation to travel

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Mokhtarian

2023

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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confidence: 99%

Escape theory: Explaining a negative motivation to travel

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Mokhtarian

2023

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

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“…For example, an additional supermarket may not lead to more grocery shopping trips, but it does increase the probability that people can visit one that better matches their preferences. Note that people may also place value on activities and travel options that are not realized (Bondemark et al, 2021;Geurs et al, 2006). The total benefits 104 resulting from opportunities that are not realized will increase with the freedom of choice and thus with spatial accessibility, albeit again with diminishing returns.…”

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Contents 1 rural areas Table D6Sensitivity analysis of perceived accessibility determinants in rural areas using different distance decay parameters 22Chapter 1 lockdown when directed mobility was severely restricted and offset by undirected travel (Hook et al., 2021;Mokhtarian and Chen, 2004;Roth and Zahavi, 1981;Schafer and Victor, 2000). For most of human history, activities generally took place locally as everyday mobility was based on human and animal power (Pooley, 2020). From the 19th century onwards, and especially in the second half of the 20th century, a different picture emerged. Improvements in transport technologies, the massive enlargement of infrastructure and falling transport costs, not least due to cheap oil, have dramatically expanded people's travel horizons (Grübler, 2004;Kent, 2014;Metz, 2013). Unprecedented levels of personal mobility have fostered the upscaling of economic activity, with economies of scale increasingly outweighing transport costs (Fujita et al., 1999;Krugman, 1991;Vickerman et al., 1999). The increase in potential mobility has fostered suburbanization and the decentralization of economic activity within cities. This has led to the growth of employment outside urban cores but near transport infrastructure, particularly motorways (McMillen and Stefani, 2003). The more recent structural shift in developed countries towards a knowledge-based service economy has also encouraged high-density urban development fuelled by agglomeration benefits from co-location (Puga, 2010).These two trends together, of upscaling and of (sub)urban growth, have led to small local facilities in rural areas closing in favour of larger venues in more central locations at greater distances (

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Sufficient access? Activity participation, perceived accessibility and transport-related social exclusion across spatial contexts

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Heinen,

Tillema

2024

Transportation

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Promoting social inclusion through facilitating the participation in social and economic activities is a central goal of land-use and transport planning. This study examines the relationship between activity participation and experiences of transport-related social exclusion across different spatial accessibility levels in the Netherlands. Using perceived accessibility as an indicator of the benefits derived from spatial opportunities, this paper reveals a weak and non-linear connection between activity participation and satisfaction with accessibility, which becomes negligible at higher participation levels. Even when individuals have low engagement levels, they often report high perceived accessibility, indicating voluntary non-participation. In rural areas with limited local opportunities, constrained participation is more prominent, especially for those with limited mobility options. The weak correlations between participation and experienced benefits from accessibility across diverse spatial contexts emphasize the importance of considering perceived accessibility alongside spatial and activity data in normative debates on determining the sufficiency of accessibility.

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Accessibility and uncertainty: An empirical analysis of option value in transport

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Escape theory: Explaining a negative motivation to travel

Escape theory: Explaining a negative motivation to travel

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Sufficient access? Activity participation, perceived accessibility and transport-related social exclusion across spatial contexts

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