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How do people get to the railway station : a spatial analysis of the first and the last part of multimodal trips

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  • Keijer, M.J.N.

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics)

  • Rietveld, P.

Abstract

The quality of transport networks does not only depend on the quality of the individual links and nodes, but also on the way these nodes and links function in the context of (multimodal) networks. In the present paper we focus on multimodal trips where the railways are the main transport mode. We discuss detour and frequency problems related to multimodal transport chains. Local accessibility of railway stations is an important determinant of railway use in the Netherlands. We find that the propensity to make use of rail services of people living in the ring between 500 to 1000 meter from a railway station is about 20% lower than of people living at most 500 meter away from railway stations. At distances between 1 .O and 3.5 km the distance decay effect is about 30%: and above this distance it may reach values up to 50%. Non-motorized transport modes are dominant at both the home-end and the Activity-end. A rather unique feature of the home-end access mode is the high share of the bicycle. More than one out of every three passengers uses the bike on the trip from home to station. At the activity-end the share of the bike is much smaller, because of the asymmetry in the supply of this transport mode in the home versus the activity-end. This explains the dominant position of walking as the access mode at the activity-end. Implications are discussed for physical planning and the need for facilities near railway stations.

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  • Keijer, M.J.N. & Rietveld, P., 1999. "How do people get to the railway station : a spatial analysis of the first and the last part of multimodal trips," Serie Research Memoranda 0009, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
  • Handle: RePEc:vua:wpaper:1999-9
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    1. Rietveld, P. & Bruinsma, F.R. & Vuuren, D.J. van, 1999. "Coping with unreliability in public transport chains," Serie Research Memoranda 0031, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
    2. Basheer, Muhammad Aamir & van der Waerden, Peter & Kochan, Bruno & Bellemans, Tom & Raheel Shah, Syyed Adnan, 2019. "Multi-stage trips: An exploration of factors affecting mode combination choice of travelers in England," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 95-105.

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    JEL classification:

    • L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

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