The dynamics of transportation through towns and cities is strongly affected by the topology of the connections and routes. The current work describes an approach combining complex networks and self-avoiding random walk dynamics in order to quantify in objective and accurate manner, along a range of spatial scales, the accessibility of places in towns and cities. The transition probabilities ar...

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Accessibility is usually mentioned as the essential principle in new urban planning and land use growth theories. Researchers have proposed a change usage of auto mobility toward accessibility. Cities are primarily governed by various purposes, such work, education shopping. The main aim this research to find out accessibility Educational Trips related different modes transportation. With usefu...

Accessibility typically has been applied to urban or transportation problems two dimensionally. However, in large complex buildings as shopping centers or hospitals, inter-spatial accessibility among compartments has to be taken into account such as in building layouts or evacuation planning. This study expands space syntax theory, one of accessibility-related methodologies used for computing c...

Regional accessibility can be defined as the ease with which destinations can be reached throughout a region. The proximity of a residence to potential destinations, such as jobs, shopping, and leisure-time activities, and the nature of the transportation links to those destinations together determine accessibility. In general, the closer a residence is to the center of the region, the higher t...

This report examines relationships between residential location and travel patterns of the elderly. Using the 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, we describe travel patterns of the elderly and estimate models of trip making, daily travel and transit use. Travel tends to shift to the middle part of the day with age, and trip making declines after age 75. We find that land use and tra...

With recent aging demographic trends, the needs for enhancing geo-spatial analysis capabilities and monitoring the status of accessibilities of its citizens with healthcare services have increased. The accessibility to healthcare is determined not only by geographic distances to service locations, but also includes travel time, available modes of transportation, and departure time. Having acces...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between accessibility of healthcare facilities and medical care utilization among the middle-aged and elderly population in Taiwan. DESIGN Cross-sectional study from 2007 Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TLSA) survey. SETTING Community-based study. PARTICIPANTS A total of 4249 middle-aged and elderly subjects were rec...