Table Of ContentPublic transit is an essential component of a sustainable future, but how to design a system that meets accessibility needs
given finite budgets? Curtis and Scheurer offer help in the form of a sophisticated yet practical tool for analyzing transit
accessibility. They demonstrate its use with a fascinating comparison across four continents that yields insightful lessons for
planners.
Susan Handy, University of California, Davis, USA
This is a unique and comprehensive sourcebook in the field of transport and urban planning. If you want to understand how
cities and metropolitan areas around the globe are performing in terms of public transport accessibility, and what opportuni-
ties there are to improve it, read this book.
Karst Geurs, University of Twente, the Netherlands
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PLANNING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY
Bringing together a comparative analysis cities by old world–new world; public oriented development, personal travel
of the accessibility by public transport transport modes; governance approach; behaviour, accessibility planning, insti-
of 23 cities spanning four continents, urban deve lopment constraints. The tutional barriers to sustainable trans-
this book provides a “hands-on” intro- book is arranged along six themes that port, governance and transport policy.
duction to the evolution, rationale and address the different planning chal- She has published over 90 papers, book
effectiveness of a new generation of lenges cities conf ront. Richly illustrated chapters and books including Institu-
accessibility planning tools that have with maps and diagrams, this volume tional Barriers for Sustainable Transport
emerged since the mid-2000s. The Spa- acts as a comprehensive sourcebook of (2012) with Nicholas Low, and Transit
tial Network Analysis for Multimodal accessibility indicators and a snapshot Oriented Development: Making it Hap-
Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS) of current policy making around the pen (2009) with John Renne and Luca
tool is used as a practical example to world in the realm of strategic plan- Bertolini.
demonstrate how city planners can ning for land use–transport integration
find answers as they seek to improve and the growth of public transport. It Jan Scheurer is a Senior Research
public transport accessibility. Uniquely provides a deeper understanding of the Associate at Curtin University, Australia
among the new generation of acces- complexity, opportunities and chal- and RMIT University, Australia/Spain.
sibility tools, SNAMUTS has been lenges of twenty-first-century accessi- Trained in architecture and sustain-
designed for multi-city comparisons. bility planning. ability policy, his research straddles the
A range of indicators are employed in gaps between urban design and spatial
each city including: the effectiveness Carey Curtis is Professor in City Plan- planning, transport policy, user behav-
of the public transport network; the ning and Transport at Curtin University, iour and mobility culture. He has been
relationship between the transport Australia. She is Visiting Professor at an activist for sustainable transport in
network and land use activity; who University of Amsterdam. Her research several parts of the world since 1989
gets access within the city; and how interests cover land use planning and and lives nomadically, but regularly sets
resilient the city will be. The cities transport planning, including a focus anchor in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Mel-
selected enable a comparison between on city form and structure, transit bourne and Perth.
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To Professor Paul Mees OAM (1961–2013)
Paul started this research project with us and his insights into urban public transport
networks not only launched our appetite to understand cities further, but to follow in
his footsteps in trying to improve cities with this knowledge. We miss him immensely.
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PLANNING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT
ACCESSIBILITY
An International Sourcebook
CAREY CURTIS AND JAN SCHEURER
First published 2016
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Curtis, Carey, author. | Scheurer, Jan, author.
Title: Planning for public transport accessibility : an international
sourcebook / by Carey Curtis and Jan Scheurer.
Description: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2016. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifi ers: LCCN 2015033101
Subjects: LCSH: Local transit—Case studies. | Urban transportation—
Planning.
Classifi cation: LCC HE4211 .C87 2016 | DDC 388.4—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015033101
ISBN: 978-1-4724-4724-1 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-60075-8 (ebk)
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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Introduction: What Is Accessibility Planning and Why Does It Matter? 1
2 Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS):
Understanding the Indicators 7
3 Continuity and Change in Australasian Cities 23
4 Stagnation and Aspiration in North American Cities: Overcoming
the Totalitarianism of Automobility 89
5 More with Less? Accessibility and Public Transport Effi ciency in European Cities 133
6 Eclipsing the Car? Public Transport Designed to Outcompete Private Transport 179
7 Public Transport Dominance in Wealthy Asian Cities 231
8 Polycentric and Multimodal Interfaces in the Dutch Randstad 255
9 Conclusion: Accessibility and Best-Practice Land Use–Transport Integration 289
Bibliography 295
Appendix 1: Methodological Annotations 301
Index 307
