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Challenge the future

Reflections on EU accessibility policies

Bert van Wee, Delft University of Technology Presentation prepared for the European Parliament, 30-9-2015

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Many positive aspects!

• Definition – ease of reaching opportunities. So:

Land use/activities/opportunities and transport system (and persons) (Geurs and van Wee, 2004), Hansen, 1959)

• Also public transport, not only private
• Spatial differences in accessibility

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• Link with social exclusion (Van Wee and Geurs, 2011; Lucas, van Wee and

Maat, 2015)

• Difference between accessibility and mobility
• Potential tension between accessibility and

liveability/environment

Cumulative share of people from low to high level of accessibility Cumulative share of accessibility Equal distribution line Gini-index Lorenz curve 100 % 100 % As Ans Xs B

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• Importance of land-use planning and planning for sustainable

modes

• Important role of ICT (teleworking, e-shopping) and trip
• ptions (Van Wee, Chorus and Geurs, 2013)
• Collaboration between travel providers
• Travellers’ needs
• New forms of mobility management

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Challenges

1. Limited attention to goods transport 2. How to evaluate (at least ex ante) accessiblity effects of candidate policy options 3. How to value such evaluations, and included them in evaluation frameworks like Cost-Benefit Analysis, Multi- Criteria analysis?

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Challenges

4. Perceptions of accessibility E.g.Quality of route between origin and destination, certainly for slow modes

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How will the IT-revolution affect the users’ travel behaviour? Substitution, complementarity. Net effect: zero (or small increase), but still many effects ICT as a pain killer: thanks to ICT we are less vulnerable for disruptions in the transport system (Van Wee, 2011) Subtitle

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Challenge the future Infrastructure technologies Mobile devices PC use at fixed locations Transport component Reduce resistance Land-use component Land-use changes Match actors-locations Match actors-destinations Temporal component Availability of opportunities by time Time available for activities Individual component Needs and wants Abilities Opportunities Social networks Household interactions

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Which is the role of sharing economy and of mobility as a service ?

• Poorly understood – hardly any literature
• Important question
• Importance of generations (cohorts), not only age
• High potential also in rural areas, reduce social exclusion

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What is the role of the urban planners, are they in the front or the back seat? What is the role of JPI Urban Europe?

• Planners: should be in the front seat
• But: planning not only for accessibility
• Land use and transport planners: different cultures /

traditions

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