Towards a general theory of access

David Levinson and Hao Wu
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Hao Wu: TransportLab, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney

No 2022-01, Working Papers from University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group

Abstract: This paper integrates and extends many of the concepts of accessibility deriving from Hansen’s (1959) seminal paper, and develops a theory of access that generalizes from the particular measures of access that have become increasingly common. Access is now measured for a particular place by a particular mode for a particular purpose at a particular time in a particular year. General access is derived as a theoretical ideal that would be measured for all places, all modes, all purposes, at all times, over the lifecycle of a project. It is posited that more general access measures better explain spatial location phenomena.

Keywords: Transport; Accessibility; Land Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R14 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Published in Journal of Transport and Land Use. 13(1) 129-158.

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DOI: 10.5198/jtlu.2020.1660

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