Re-thinking accessibility planning:
            <i>A multi-layer conceptual framework and its policy implications</i>

Ferreira, António; Batey, Peter

doi:10.3828/tpr.78.4.3

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“…For example, it does not matter the extent to which a person is healthy, mobile, and financially able. If this person perceives something as not accessible to her for cultural or religious reasons, or lack of time, then she will not be able to experience access [25].…”

Section: The Accessibility Approachmentioning

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Sustainable Accessibility and the Implementation of Automated Vehicles: Identifying Critical Decisions

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Ferreira

2018

Urban Science

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Abstract:The emergence of fully Automated Vehicles (AVs) is expected to occur in the next 10 to 30 years. The uncertainties related to AVs pose a series of questions about what the societal consequences of such technology are. Mainly, what are the consequences of AVs regarding accessibility? This paper uses Geurs and Van Wee's definition of accessibility to give an exploratory answer to this question. Using a scenario-based approach which allows identifying critical decisions that will emerge shortly (or are already emerging) concerning automated travelling, this paper proposes that AVs have great potential to both seriously aggravate and considerably alleviate accessibility problems. A great deal will depend on how these critical decisions will be approached and the choices that will be made. This debate is most needed because existing research on AVs tends to focus on how to make them a commercially viable and safe technological enterprise, and on what their benefits and drawbacks are regarding variables such as carbon emissions, energy consumption, and total miles travelled. Narratives of this nature can be problematic, as they are unlikely to promote sufficient awareness about the real disruptive potential of AVs. It is crucial that stakeholders realise the extent to which-if the governance of AVs implementation processes is not taken very seriously, and the identified critical decisions are not carefully approached-these machines can materialise a dystopian mobility future.

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Section: The Accessibility Approachmentioning

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Sustainable Accessibility and the Implementation of Automated Vehicles: Identifying Critical Decisions

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Ferreira

2018

Urban Science

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“…Meyer and Miller, 2001;Ortúzar and Willumsen, 2002); but also a governance dimension concerned with topics on how to make decisions and design institutions (e.g. Banister, 2008;Ferreira and Batey, 2007;Marsden and Rye, 2010;Willson, 2001). Much good work has also been done on the psychological and emotional dimensions of mobility (e.g.…”

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What Curriculum for Mobility and Transport Studies? A Critical Exploration

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To understand the complex meanings of mobility and to engage in transport planning and management processes a variety of disciplines, skills, and tools are potentially useful. Universities have a limited amount of time and resources to train future professionals though. This poses a problem: where the teaching priorities should be? By means of a web-survey this study has asked to academics based at a number of universities what are the disciplines, skills, and tools that -according to their personal viewpoints -are the most relevant for practitioners in the mobility and transport sector. The respondents generally support curricula that facilitate a holistic, non-specialised, understanding of mobility and transport issues.

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“…Place accessibility measures examine levels of attractiveness of places or locations to all their possible users, which implies that access is an intrinsic feature of location, while people accessibility can be viewed as an individual attribute and can consequently measure the ability of people to reach and engage in opportunities and activities (Farrington and Farrington, 2004;Horner, 2004). In contrast, Ferreira and Batey (2007) argued that place and people accessibility are not mutually exclusive concepts, but outcomes from the same accessibility process. They used a model with five approaches/layers to describe the accessibility process wherein each approach represents a relatively self-contained understanding of the accessibility construct and has the ability to diminish or promote levels of access from the perspectives of both people and place (Ferreira and Batey, 2007).…”

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“…Regarded as an essential indicator in contemporary planning practice, accessibility has been widely identified by urban planners as a key issue to address problems in public service distributions (Ferreira and Batey, 2007). Existing accessibility research indicates a wide range of applications in studies related to the provision of public services.…”

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Rethinking planning for urban parks: accessibility, use and behaviour

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Public parks and green spaces are important health promoting facilities for urban dwellers, which can bring about improved health outcomes, diminished racial tensions and reduced public stress. Access to urban parks and green spaces is purported to be associated with the development of social capital, increased community wellbeing and inclusive neighbourhoods. It is within this context that recent decades have witnessed increasing efforts in measuring and modelling park accessibility in cities.Previous studies, however, found significant inconsistency between subjectively (perceived) and objectively (geographic) measured accessibility, indicating the need to examine existing conceptualisation of park accessibility, especially at the individual perceptual level.The accessibility concept has been developed as a multi-dimensional construct that requires a more adequate understanding about its influential factors and dimensions. Existing measures of accessibility have been limited to the concept's physical and temporal dimensions, leaving other relevant factors such as social conditions and personal constraints, including perceptions, largely unexplored. This research argues for the relevance of socio-personal factors to realistically assess accessibility to urban public parks. There is also a need to clarify how accessibility influences an individual's decision-making process that ultimately leads to human behaviour of park use or nonuse, as psychological study of behavioural intentions to use parks has rarely been investigated.Following a correlational research design and cross-sectional validation approach, this research was proposed to fill these knowledge gaps.The research involved both processes of model development and model validation. Two models were proposed in this study: an expanded theory of planned behavioural (TPB) model and an integrated model of park accessibility. The first model aims to identify the role of park accessibility in influencing individual behavioural intentions towards park use and non-use. The model was developed based on the theory of planned behaviour, with three additional variables included (i.e., perceived park accessibility, geographic proximity, and past use) to compare their relative importance in influencing park use intentions. The second model was proposed based on the critical literature review of the accessibility concept. The model consists of five dimensions, including both physical and socio-personal variables that were identified as being associated with urban park access and use.Both models were empirically tested using questionnaire survey data collected from two cities of different socio-cultural settings: Brisbane (Australia) and Zhongshan (China). Within each city, iii sampling was carefully designed to represent residents of different socioeconomic backgrounds with an aim of modelling the differences between population groups. Data were analysed quantitatively using statistical methods and spatial analytical techniques. Key findings from this study incl...

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Re-thinking accessibility planning: A multi-layer conceptual framework and its policy implications

Cited by 50 publications

References 51 publications

Sustainable Accessibility and the Implementation of Automated Vehicles: Identifying Critical Decisions

Sustainable Accessibility and the Implementation of Automated Vehicles: Identifying Critical Decisions

What Curriculum for Mobility and Transport Studies? A Critical Exploration

Rethinking planning for urban parks: accessibility, use and behaviour

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