Type
Case Studies
Author
Mats Reneland
Organization
ECOMM (EU)
Published in
2006
Submitted by
Peter Midgley, gTKP
Related theme(s)
Urban Mobility
Region
Europe (EU)
Country
Sweden

GIS improves accessibility in pedestrian, bicycle, public transport and car networks (Sweden)

In order to improve urban accessibility a GIS (Geographical Information Systems) method, was designed to calculate accessibility on foot, by bicycle, by bus and by car over an entire area of a city for the standard setting user groups (children, elderly and the disabled) in Swedish transport policy. The project has been financed by Vägverket The Swedish National Road Administration.