A new approach to accessibility – Examining perceived accessibility in contrast to objectively measured accessibility in daily travel

A new approach to indoor accessibility

The process of evaluating the accessibility to manipulation in a built environment is linked to the determination of accessibility in its overall meaning (access, move, use). This amounts to evaluate all the possible movements of an articulated structure taking into account the constraints due to the environment and the mobility device (trolley or wheelchair). It is important to ask the questio...

A Geographic Information System Analysis of Accessibility to Community Pharmacy in Shiraz, Iran

A different approach to real web accessibility

Accessibility is sometimes taken for granted, however for people with certain disabilities there are still a number of obstacles between them and the Information Society. At a time where the Information Society is becoming more and more important it is imperative to make sure that no one is left out. The web is becoming the centerpiece of this new information age; therefore if the sentence “Inf...

TTSAT: A New Approach to Mapping Transit Accessibility

Transit agencies have never had an accurate indicator of the extent of their service area based on riders’ door-to-door travel time. This is an important gap in knowledge, because travel time is one of the most important factors determining whether or not people will use public transit. This paper presents a powerful new travel timebased method to visualize and analyze transit service coverage—...

Travel Time Variability and Airport Accessibility

This paper analyses the cost of access travel time variability for air travelers. Reliable access to airports is important since it is likely that the cost of missing a flight is high. First, the determinants of the preferred arrival times at airports are analyzed, including trip purpose, type of airport, flight characteristics, travel experience, type of check-in, need to check-in luggage. Sec...