Transport accessibility at regional scale

Biosca, Oriol; Spiekermann, Klaus; Stępniak, Marcin

doi:10.7163/eu21.2013.24.1

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“…The analyses presented below are based on the common methodology adopted under the ESPON TRACC project (Biosca et al, 2013). The calculations of travel time by a passenger car are based on the spatial database of the road network developed by IGSO PAS and the attributed travel speeds derived from the Polish Highway Code, which were adjusted for driving impediments.…”

Section: Accessibility Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accessibility improvement, territorial cohesion and spillovers: a multidimensional evaluation of two motorway sections in Poland

Stępniak¹,

Rosik²

2013

Journal of Transport Geography

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Abstract:The paper presents the spatial pattern of accessibility indicators in Poland. The distribution of the results seems, to a large extent, a by-product of the settlement network pattern, distribution of jobs and services of general interest. The impact of the transport infrastructure itself is rather not visible. Furthermore, the accessibility of regional centres in Poland is conditioned by geographical and historical factors, which determine the distribution of centres, while the transport infrastructure has an inconsiderable influence. Moreover, between some of the regional centres, internal peripheries may be detected. The results have confirmed that there is acute spatial incompatibility between places where people live and places where they work throughout Poland. In the conditions of the low level of current transport infrastructure development, Poland should make great effort towards the implementation of TEN-T investments. Nevertheless, although TEN-T projects cover most of Poland, particular attention is paid to modern roads connecting Warsaw and other metropolises with the rest of the country. The system aims mainly at improving accessibility between the main metropolises where the majority of Poles live.

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Section: Accessibility Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Accessibility improvement, territorial cohesion and spillovers: a multidimensional evaluation of two motorway sections in Poland

Stępniak¹,

Rosik²

2013

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…Subsequently, the number of destinations accessible in the time given or with the adopted cost is calculated (Spiekermann and Neubauer, 2002). Other examples of research into daily accessibility: Törnquist (1970), Schürmann et al (1997), Spiekermann and Wegener (1996), Vickerman et al (1999), O'Sullivan et al (2000), Gutiérrez (2001), Martin et al (2004), Du and Mulley (2006), Preston and Raje (2007), Biosca et al (2013), Ford et al (2015), Śleszyński (2017).…”

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The use of network analysis in the process of delimitation as exemplifi ed by the administrative division of Poland

Borowska-Stefańska

Wiśniewski

2017

Geodesy and Cartography

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Abstract:The cognitive aim of this study is to point to the optimum number of local government units and the optimum boundaries of spatial units in Poland with the assumption of minimizing the cumulated theoretical travel time to all settlement units in the country. The methodological aim, in turn, is to present the use of the ArcGIS location-allocation tool for the purposes of delimitation processes as exemplifi ed by administrative boundaries in Poland. The rationale for the implementation of this study is that number and the boundaries of units of all levels of Poland's current territorial division are far from optimum in the light of minimization of accumulated theoretical travel time to all settlement units in the country. It may be concluded that it would be justifi able to increase the number of voivodships from the current number of 16 to 18. Besides it would be necessary to introduce modifi cations in relation to units with regional functions. In contrast, the number of districts and communes should be reduced. A continuation of this research may go in the direction of including analysis of public transport network in the research, creating in this way a multimodal set of network data. This would illustrate, apart from the potential itself resulting from the infrastructure, also the actually existing connections.

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“…The particular TEN-T projects included in the study of car travel accessibility are road upgrades for extending the southern motorway network towards the eastern border and to the north-east ( Figure 6) (European Commission 2011, Finnish Transport Agency 2012, TEN-T Executive Agency 2012). The only noticeable relative increase in potential accessibility by car is achieved with the eastern motorway upgrade, and the effect is visible mainly ona sub-regional scale (Biosca et al, 2013) (Figure 6). For municipal level analysis, accessibility scores were calculated for raster cells and then transferred to the regional level by means of population-weighted averaging.…”

Section: Impact Of Future Ten-t Road Network Developmentsmentioning

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“…For analysing the accessibility of the population, the regional accessibility potential index was applied (Biosca et al, 2013). The above transport network was used, along with the grid-based population aggregated into 2×2 km cells.…”

Section: Accessibility Patternsmentioning

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Accessibility patterns: Finland Case Study

Kotavaara¹,

Antikainen²,

Rusanen³

2013

Eur. XXI

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Abstract:The case study of Finland analyses accessibility in one of the most sparsely populated countries in Europe. The findings of this study are based on grid cell analyses which are free from administrative divisions. In the analysis of accessibility of the population and jobs, the presence of both urban densities and extreme scarcityis evident, and this polarisation is deepening due to the location choices of companies and the overall urbanisation process. However, the availability of services is relatively good, even in peripheral areas, which is characteristic of health care accessibility. The regional structure of Finland favours travelling by car, particularly in the areas outside of urban centres. Moreover, in peripheral areas the service level and availability of public transport is limited and in some cases public transport may not be available at all. Due to maturity of transport networks and low demand, accessibility in Finland would be difficult to improve by developing infrastructure. Even though TEN-T policies are actively exploited in Finland, the great majority of projects are focused on improving nodal transport infrastructure, and only a few transport links are improved.

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Transport accessibility at regional scale

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Accessibility improvement, territorial cohesion and spillovers: a multidimensional evaluation of two motorway sections in Poland

Accessibility improvement, territorial cohesion and spillovers: a multidimensional evaluation of two motorway sections in Poland

The use of network analysis in the process of delimitation as exemplifi ed by the administrative division of Poland

Accessibility patterns: Finland Case Study

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