Travel times and transfers in public transport: Comprehensive accessibility analysis based on Pareto-optimal journeys

Public Transport Accessibility: A Literature Review

“…Transport sector is a major contributor to the CO 2 emissions in urban areas (Elias and Shiftan, 2012). Efficient public transport (PT) networks are prime feature for well-operative and sustainable cities (Kujala et al, 2018). Shifting from private motorized vehicles to public transportation, walking and cycling can increase the sustainability of transportation and accordingly, improve the environment, economics and public health (Elias and Shiftan, 2012).…”

Multi‐temporal transport network models for accessibility studies

“…The methods by which each study obtains travel time vary. For public transport modes, recent studies have relied on general transit feed specification (GTFS) data (Boisjoly & El‐Geneidy, ; Dewulf et al, ; El‐Geneidy et al, ; Farber & Fu, ; Fayyaz et al, ; Kujala et al, ; Lee & Miller, ; Widener et al, ). GTFS data include several types of text files in comma‐separated values (CSV) containing information on: stops, routes, itineraries, service schedules, fares, and travel times for all routes.…”

“…Although a vast number of accessibility studies have been carried out recently, the majority focus on global north case studies like Europe (Dewulf et al, ; Djurhuus et al, ; García‐Albertos et al, in press; Kujala et al, ; Moya‐Gómez & García‐Palomares, ; Salonen & Toivonen, ; Tenkanen et al, ), the U.S. (Farber & Fu, ; Fayyaz et al, ; Lee & Miller, ; Owen & Levinson, ; Widener et al, ), and Canada (Boisjoly & El‐Geneidy, ; El‐Geneidy et al, ; Páez et al, ). The smaller group of accessibility studies that explore global south case studies under social inequality restrictions (Bocarejo et al, ; Guzman, Oviedo, & Rivera, ; Moreno‐Monroy, Lovelace, & Ramos, ) do not consider the multi‐temporal and multi‐modal variation aspects, as the present work does.…”

“…The methods by which each study obtains travel time vary. For public transport modes, recent studies have relied on general transit feed specification (GTFS) data (Boisjoly & El-Geneidy, 2017;Dewulf et al, 2015;El-Geneidy et al, 2016;Farber & Fu, 2017;Fayyaz et al, 2017;Kujala et al, 2018;Lee & Miller, 2018;Widener et al, 2015).…”

“…Recently, accessibility studies have explored the temporal variation, mostly based on public transport mode (Boisjoly & El‐Geneidy, ; Djurhuus, Sten Hansen, Aadahl, & Glümer, ; El‐Geneidy et al, ; Farber & Fu, ; Fayyaz, Liu, & Zhang, ; Kujala, Weckström, Mladenović, & Saramäki, ; Lee & Miller, ; Widener, Farber, Neutens, & Horner, ), a few on private mode (García‐Albertos, Picornell, Salas‐Olmedo, & Gutiérrez, in press; Moya‐Gómez & García‐Palomares, ; Páez, Moniruzzaman, Bourbonnais, & Morency, ), and some on both private and public modes (Benenson, Martens, Rofé, & Kwartler, ; Dewulf et al, ; Owen & Levinson, ; Salonen & Toivonen, ; Tenkanen, Saarsalmi, Järv, Salonen, & Toivonen, ). The transit emphasis may be related to data restrictions as well.…”