Journal article
Making accessibility accessible: A flexible planning tool for enhanced urban analytics
Y Sun, D Olaru, C Bright, G McCarney, TW Reed, S Sabri, Y Chen, S Amirebrahimi, S Biermann, A Rajabifard
Research in Transportation Business and Management | Elsevier | Published : 2023
Abstract
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 indicato..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The project was supported by an ARC LIEF grant (LE160100174) . The authors also acknowledge the collaboration with Muyiwa Agun-biade, 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.