TY - JOUR
T1 - Making accessibility accessible
T2 - A flexible planning tool for enhanced urban analytics
AU - Sun, Yuchao
AU - Olaru, Doina
AU - Bright, Callan
AU - McCarney, Gary
AU - Reed, Tristan W.
AU - Sabri, Soheil
AU - Chen, Yiqun
AU - Amirebrahimi, Sam
AU - Biermann, Sharon
AU - Rajabifard, Abbas
N1 - Funding Information:
The project was supported by an ARC LIEF grant (LE160100174). The authors also acknowledge the collaboration with Muyiwa Agunbiade, Azadeh Keshtiarast and Mohsen Kalantari on the ontology of the tool, as well as the stimulative conversations with Mark Reynolds from The University of Western Australia. We thank the reviewers of our paper for their detailed and extremely useful comments on our earlier draft, which have helped us to significantly improve the quality of our final manuscript.
Funding Information:
The project was supported by an ARC LIEF grant ( LE160100174 ). The authors also acknowledge the collaboration with Muyiwa Agunbiade, Azadeh Keshtiarast and Mohsen Kalantari on the ontology of the tool, as well as the stimulative conversations with Mark Reynolds from The University of Western Australia .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Most existing accessibility analysis tools are ad-hoc systems with predetermined geographic coverage, spatial resolution, methodology and indicators. These features are often challenging to modify by end-users without collaboration with the original tool developers. This might partially explain why accessibility tools remain in use predominantly within the academic realm, resulting in a seemingly low uptake among transport and planning professionals. ADAPT (Automatic Dynamic Accessibility Planning Tool) was designed as the first step to bridge this gap by enhancing user empowerment. It enables users to supply their own analysis areas, choose the resolution, and focus on any specific indicator (e.g. residents' access to jobs, education and services; businesses' access to the labour pool or potential clients/customers). The goal is to provide a versatile tool, in which users can insert their available data and geography and measure and map accessibility, without requiring prior geospatial analysis expertise or reliance on specialised closed-system tools.
AB - Most existing accessibility analysis tools are ad-hoc systems with predetermined geographic coverage, spatial resolution, methodology and indicators. These features are often challenging to modify by end-users without collaboration with the original tool developers. This might partially explain why accessibility tools remain in use predominantly within the academic realm, resulting in a seemingly low uptake among transport and planning professionals. ADAPT (Automatic Dynamic Accessibility Planning Tool) was designed as the first step to bridge this gap by enhancing user empowerment. It enables users to supply their own analysis areas, choose the resolution, and focus on any specific indicator (e.g. residents' access to jobs, education and services; businesses' access to the labour pool or potential clients/customers). The goal is to provide a versatile tool, in which users can insert their available data and geography and measure and map accessibility, without requiring prior geospatial analysis expertise or reliance on specialised closed-system tools.
KW - Accessibility
KW - ADAPT
KW - Open tool
KW - Urban analytics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85176096489&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rtbm.2023.101042
DO - 10.1016/j.rtbm.2023.101042
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85176096489
SN - 2210-5395
VL - 51
JO - Research in Transportation Business and Management
JF - Research in Transportation Business and Management
M1 - 101042
ER -
