Mobility and Infrastructure Planning 1 Flashcards
Mobility
The ability to move freely and efficiently. Mobility depends on the number of cars on the roads and whether there is traffic for example.
Accessibility
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.
Infrastructure-based measure
Analyze the performance or service level of transport infrastructure, such as the length and the density of the networks.
Location-based measure
Analyze the accessibility at locations, specifically at macro-level. The measures describe the level of accessibility to spatially distributed activities.
Person-based measure
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.
Utility-based measure
Analyze the (economic) benefits that people derive from access to the spatially distributed activities.
Transport
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.
Conditioning
The process of training or accustoming a person or animal to behave in a certain way or to accept certain circumstances.
Aggregation
A collection or gathering of things or people together.
Planning for mobility
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.
Integrated land-use transport strategy
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).
Complete street approach
This approach integrates people and place in the planning design, construction, operation, and maintenance of our transportation networks.
Utility theory
Components which decide whether someone wants to travel or not.
Capability constraints
Physical limitations
Coupling constraints
Interaction limitations, participation in an activity requires presence of others, tools, or materials.
Authority constraints
Domain locations, you are not allowed to drive a car without a drivers license.
Time-space compression
More activities have been compressed at the same time.
Time-space conversion
Longer distances crammed within the same time.
Time-space flexibility
There is a higher variety in activities.
Time-space individualisation
Less collective, more individual.
Transport component
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.
Land use component
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.
Temporal component
The availability of opportunities at different times of the day. The time available for individuals to participate in certain activities (work, recreation).
Individual component
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
