§ Depends on:
§ Quantity and quality of the transport infrastructure
§ Traffic volumes (-> congestion)
§ Infrastructure related regulations (e.g. speeds)
§ Vehicle type: cost, comfort
§ Technological developments
Accessibility
§ Definition:
‘the extent to which land- use and transport systems:
§ enable (groups of) individuals to reach activities or
destinations by means of a (combination of)
transport mode(s) at various times of the day’,
§ enable companies, facilities and other activity places
to receive people, goods and information at
various times of the day’.
Transport
§ Transport has an impact on:
§ Traffic safety (road accidents)
§ The environment (noise, pollution, emissions, live
ability)
§ State of the traffic system (travel times)
§ Influencing factors:
• Technology (ITS, vehicle safety
systems)
• Driver behavior (way of using
vehicles: speed, risk taking, …)
• Demography
Transport policy
§ Policy initiatives taken by governments at
different levels aimed at managing the
transport system:
§ to maximize the positive outcomes
(accessibility, economic and social deployment,
travel time, equality)
§ to minimize the negative outcomes
(congestion, accidents, emissions, noise, …)
Transport policy
§ Policy evaluation aimed at ex-ante and
ex-post evaluation of policy initiatives
§ Different appraisal techniques: SCBA,
MCA, …