abstract: 'Securing sufficient accessibility with public transport is essential for

  reducing private car commuting. While most studies of transport

  accessibility are based on travel times, other quality factors such as

  the perceived disadvantage of congestion and service frequency are also

  of importance for transport mode choice. In this study, we use

  generalized journey times to calculate accessibility and public

  transport competitiveness, allowing us to account for other

  characteristics of commute trips than just travel time. We use detailed

  trip data to calculate generalized journey times to typical employment

  areas in thirteen urban regions in Norway. The results show that public

  transport services compete better with the car in the largest cities.

  Specifically, public transport is competitive for access to central

  employment areas but less so for less central employment areas. In the

  smaller cities, the private car is the most competitive mode on most

  commute trips. With detailed travel data, the method developed in this

  study can be replicated in other contexts to provide a more holistic

  measure of accessibility than traditional methods.'
affiliation: 'Lunke, EB (Corresponding Author), Inst Transport Econ ToI, Gaustadalleen
  21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway.

  Lunke, Erik B.; Fearnley, Nils; Aarhaug, Jorgen, Inst Transport Econ ToI, Gaustadalleen
  21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway.'
article-number: '23998083221100265'
author: Lunke, Erik B. and Fearnley, Nils and Aarhaug, Jorgen
author-email: ebl@toi.no
author_list:
- family: Lunke
  given: Erik B.
- family: Fearnley
  given: Nils
- family: Aarhaug
  given: Jorgen
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/23998083221100265
earlyaccessdate: MAY 2022
eissn: 2399-8091
files: []
issn: 2399-8083
journal: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING B-URBAN ANALYTICS AND CITY SCIENCE
keywords: 'accessibility; regional analysis; transport networks; travel-to-work

  areas; Norway'
keywords-plus: 'TRAVEL-TIME; ACCESSIBILITY; QUALITY; CAR; POLICY; SATISFACTION;

  EMPLOYMENT; SERVICE; EQUITY; INCOME'
language: English
month: 2022 MAY 9
number-of-cited-references: '60'
orcid-numbers: 'Fearnley, Nils/0000-0001-5665-0246

  Aarhaug, Jorgen/0000-0003-1052-0010

  Lunke, Erik Bjornson/0000-0002-4003-6388'
papis_id: 64fdfe8f80ee927473d3d420789f5bef
ref: Lunke2022geographypublic
researcherid-numbers: 'Fearnley, Nils/AAE-7449-2020

  Lunke, Erik/GXG-1225-2022

  '
times-cited: '2'
title: The geography of public transport competitiveness in thirteen medium sized
  cities
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000797722000001
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
web-of-science-categories: 'Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional \& Urban Planning;
  Urban

  Studies'
year: '2022'