Mobility and Infrastructure Planning 1

Question 1

Mobility

Answer 1

The ability to move freely and efficiently. Mobility depends on the number of cars on the roads and whether there is traffic for example.

Question 2

Accessibility

Answer 2

The quality of being able to be reached or be entered or the quality to enter or reach a desired destination. An example of poor accessibility could be a rural area with no facilities.

Question 3

Infrastructure-based measure

Answer 3

Analyze the performance or service level of transport infrastructure, such as the length and the density of the networks.

Question 4

Location-based measure

Answer 4

Analyze the accessibility at locations, specifically at macro-level. The measures describe the level of accessibility to spatially distributed activities.

Question 5

Person-based measure

Answer 5

Analyze the accessibility at an individual level, such as the location and duration of mandatory activities, the time budgets for flexible activities, and the travel speed allowed.

Question 6

Utility-based measure

Answer 6

Analyze the (economic) benefits that people derive from access to the spatially distributed activities.

Question 7

Transport

Answer 7

The movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from point A to point B.

Question 8

Conditioning

Answer 8

The process of training or accustoming a person or animal to behave in a certain way or to accept certain circumstances.

Question 9

Aggregation

Answer 9

A collection or gathering of things or people together.

Question 10

Planning for mobility

Answer 10

If we focus on accessibility our objective would be to facilitate access to locations and services by different modes of transport. Mostly focused on number of people who can access.

Question 11

Integrated land-use transport strategy

Answer 11

A combined strategy of transport and land-use measures that reinforce each other. As for example advocated in “Transit Oriented Development” (compact nodes linked by transit).

Question 12

Complete street approach

Answer 12

This approach integrates people and place in the planning design, construction, operation, and maintenance of our transportation networks.

Question 13

Utility theory

Answer 13

Components which decide whether someone wants to travel or not.

Question 14

Capability constraints

Answer 14

Physical limitations

Question 15

Coupling constraints

Answer 15

Interaction limitations, participation in an activity requires presence of others, tools, or materials.

Question 16

Authority constraints

Answer 16

Domain locations, you are not allowed to drive a car without a drivers license.

Question 17

Time-space compression

Answer 17

More activities have been compressed at the same time.

Question 18

Time-space conversion

Answer 18

Longer distances crammed within the same time.

Question 19

Time-space flexibility

Answer 19

There is a higher variety in activities.

Question 20

Time-space individualisation

Answer 20

Less collective, more individual.

Question 21

Transport component

Answer 21

The disutility for an individual to cover the distance between an origin and a destination using a specific transport mode. Amount of travel time, costs, emissions, and effort.

Question 22

Land use component

Answer 22

The amount, quality, and spatial distribution of opportunities supplied at each destination. The confrontation of supply and demand for opportunities, which may result in competition for activities with restricted capacity.

Question 23

Temporal component

Answer 23

The availability of opportunities at different times of the day. The time available for individuals to participate in certain activities (work, recreation).

Question 24

Individual component

Answer 24

The needs (age dependent), abilities (health), and opportunities (income) of individuals. These characteristics influence a person’s level of access to transport modes and spatially distributed opportunities