Measuring urban accessibility for low-carbon modes
How many people can you reach by public transport, bicycle or on foot in European cities? A new DG REGIO working paper has just been published: https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/maps/low-carbon-urban-accessibility It measures access to public...Read articleTowards a name for each town
Obviously, each town has a name. But in a system of grid-based urban/rural classifications, towns are defined as clusters of 1 km² grid cells. These grid-based towns do not have any a-priori name. Still, providing names to these units can be useful to facilitate...Read articleRoad transport performance in Europe: a new set of indicators
A new working paper describes an indicator framework highlighting road transport performance in Europe’s regions and territories. By combining a comprehensive road network with 1 km² gridded population data it compares the accessibility to population within...Read articleA walk to the park?
An updated working paper presents a methodology that takes into account the spatial distribution of both population and green areas throughout the cities’ territory, and produces indicators on the proximity of the green areas to the urban population. To obtain...Read articlePassenger rail accessibility in Europe’s border areas
Cross-border cooperation in the EU addresses the needs of border areas and has been helping to remove obstacles between them for more than 25 years already. To support this policy, quantitative evidence needs to be developed, especially in the areas of transport...Read articleFrom rail timetables to regional and urban indicators on rail passenger services
An analysis of rail passenger services in Europe, focusing on regional and urban indicators.
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New methodology for measuring access to public transport in European cities
A new methodology for measuring access to public tranport in European Cities is released by DG REGIO.
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