Accessibility and Transit-Oriented Development in European metropolitan areas

Enrica Papa and Luca Bertolini

Journal of Transport Geography, 2015, vol. 47, issue C, 70-83

Abstract: This study investigates how urban form is related to accessibility. In particular, it explores the relationship between Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and rail-based accessibility in a metropolitan area. The following overarching questions are addressed: Does a TOD-informed urban spatial structure correlate with high rail based accessibility? Which features of TOD are correlated to rail-based accessibility? These questions are answered through a comparative analysis of six metropolitan areas in Europe. The “TOD degree”, operationalized as the extent to which urban development is concentrated along rail corridors and stations, is correlated with a cumulative opportunity measure of rail-based accessibility to jobs and inhabitants.

Keywords: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD); Accessibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.07.003

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