A new concept of accessibility to personal activities: development of theory and application to an empirical study of mobility resource holdings

Scott Le Vine, Martin Lee-Gosselin, Aruna Sivakumar and John Polak

Journal of Transport Geography, 2013, vol. 31, issue C, 1-10

Abstract: The notion of spatio-temporal accessibility to [potential] out-of-home activities is central to transport geography. This paper extends existing theory by proposing a new concept of accessibility, termed the ‘perceived activity set’ (PAS). A person’s PAS is defined as the set of out-of-home activities which they view as encompassing their potential travel needs when making decisions that structurally affect their accessibility. In other words, it is proposed that a person’s mobility-linked choices such as, for instance, where to live or whether to own a car, are a function of how such choices affect their ability to access out-of-home activities they consider relevant.

Keywords: Accessibility; Perceived activity set; Mobility resource (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.04.013

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