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Journal of Transportation and Statistics - Volume 4, Number 2/3

Journal of Transportation and Statistics
Volume 4 Number 2/3

September/December 2001
ISSN 1094-8848

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Entire Report
Editorial Board
Contributors
Front Matter
Introduction to the Special Issue on Methodological Issues in Accessibility Measures with Possible Policy Implications by Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah
Paper 1 - Computational Tools for Measuring Space-Time Accessibility Within Dynamic Flow Transportation Networks by Yi-Hwa Wu and Harvey J. Miller
Figure 1 - Individual's Space-Time Prism (adapted from Miller 1991)
Figure 2 - System Architecture
Figure 3 - Dynamic Congestion Pattern in Salt Lake City, Interval 1 (Top) and Interval 20 (Bottom)
Figure 4 - Dynamic Potential Path Tree in Salt Lake City, Given 5 Minutes Travel Time
Figure 5 - Dynamic Potential Path Tree in Salt Lake City, Given 15 Minutes Travel Time
Figure 6 - Dynamic Potential Path Tree in Salt Lake City, Given 10 Minutes Travel Time
Figure 7 - Dynamic Potential Path Tree in Salt Lake City, Given 10 Minutes Travel Time
Figure 8 - Dynamic Potential Path Tree in Salt Lake City, Given 10 Minutes Travel Time
Paper 2 - Accessibility: Concepts and Applications by Britton Harris
Table 1 - Mapped Hypothetical Distributions of Strata and Totals of Number of Workers (In thousands; components may not sum to totals because of rounding.)
Table 2 - Illustrative Set of Simple Accessibilities: b = 1.0
Table 3 - Illustrative Computation of Competitive Accessibilities and Average Costs
Table 4 - Correlations Between Pairs of Accessibility Measures, Within Viewpoints, Across Zones
Paper 3 - Performance of Accessibility Measures in Europe by Siamak Baradaran and Farideh Ramjerdi
Table 1 - Correlation Table for the Calculated Accessibility Measures
Table 2 - Dispersion and Skewness of Accessibility Measures
Table 3 - Descriptive Statistics for Simple and Window Average Transformed Model for Swedish Municipalities
Table 4 - Mean Absolute Difference (MAD) Between Accessibility Measures (Normalized)
Table 5 - Dissimilarity Index (DSI) Between Accessibility Measures (Normalized)
Figure 1 - Demonstration of PPS and PPA
Figure 2 - Differences Between Accessibility Measures Using MAD and DSI Metrics with Respect to Model a1
Figure 3 - Accessibility Map of Europe Using Model a1
Figure 4 - Accessibility Map of Europe Using Model a2
Figure 5 - Accessibility Map of Europe Using Model b2
Figure 6 - Accessibility Map of Europe Using Model c1
Paper 4 - Accessibility Improvements and Local Employment: An Empirical Analysis by Joseph Berechman and Robert Paaswell
Table 1 - Unemployment Rates in New York's Five Boroughs, 1996-1998 (percent)
Table 2 - A Two-Stage Least Squares Estimation of the Accessibility and Employment Functions
Figure 1 - Location of the Bronx Center
Figure 2 - Employment Status (1990)
Figure A.1 - Structure of Database
Paper 5 - Evaluating Neighborhood Accessibility: Possibilities and Practicalities by Susan L. Handy and Kelly J. Clifton
Table 1 - Activity Factors
Table 2 - Transportation Factors by Mode
Paper 6 - Path-Based Accessibility by Svante Berglund
Table 1 - Characteristics of the Application Areas
Table 2 - Correlation of Accessibility Scores for Retail Trade in Jämtland
Table 3 - Correlation of Accessibility Scores for Pharmacies in Jämtland
Table 4 - Correlation of Accessibility Scores for Retail Trade in Stockholm
Table 5 - Correlation of Accessibility Scores for Pharmacies in Stockholm
Table 6 - Moran's I for AMs Used by Gender and Education (L = low, I = intermediate, H = high)
Figure 1 - Illustration of the Difference Between Traditional Accessibility Measures (left) and Path-Based Measures (right)
Figure 2 - Application Areas
Figure 3 - Location of Pharmacies and Employment Within Retail Trade in Jämtland County
Figure 4 - Location of Pharmacies and Employment Within Retail Trade in the Stockholm Region
Figure 5 - Access to Pharmacies in the Stockholm Region (unweighted logsum)
Figure 6 - Access to Pharmacies in the Stockholm Region (logsum weighted by travel pattern for women)
Figure 7 - Mobility Pattern: Low Accessibility to Pharmacies (Men With Low Education) (56% commuters)
Figure 8 - Mobility Pattern: High Accessibility to Pharmacies (Men With High Education) (85% commuters)
Guidelines for Manuscript Submission
Reviewers for Volume 4
Index to Volume 4
Back Cover