Multimodal Evaluation of Changes in National Potential Passenger and Freight Accessibility during the EU-Driven Big Push to Transport Infrastructure

Piotr Rosik (), Tomasz Komornicki, Sławomir Goliszek, Wojciech Pomianowski and Marcin Stępniak
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Piotr Rosik: Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda Str. 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland
Tomasz Komornicki: Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda Str. 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland
Sławomir Goliszek: Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda Str. 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland
Wojciech Pomianowski: Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda Str. 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland
Marcin Stępniak: Department of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: The main purpose of the paper is to present a methodical approach to differences in changes in intra-national potential accessibility. Research concerns level of accessibility and its dispersion, both for freight and passenger transport regarding four transport modes. The main added value of the paper is an indication of how to monitor changes in the accessibility of many modes of transport at the municipal level, as a result of investment processes, while taking into account the available data sources, both on the land use data and travel times, with the support of regional and central offices. We focus on the intensive development of transport infrastructure after Poland’s accession to the EU. We conclude that outcomes of reducing territorial differences in accessibility are diverse depending on the transport mode: from a generally positive effect in passenger transport to varied effects in freight transport, including particularly highly polarising effects in rail transport. The research method provides the possibility of analysing multimodal changes in accessibility concerning numerous transport modes for any large country or group of countries. Certain development opportunities of the model to be implemented in the future are discussed.

Keywords: potential accessibility; road network; railway network; airport capacity; inland waterway; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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