Grocery store accessibility: Different metrics – Different modal disparity results and spatial patterns

Authors

Michał A. Niedzielski

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2021

Subject Area

land use - impacts, land use - transit oriented development, land use - urban density, mode - bus, mode - car, mode - rail, place - europe, place - urban, ridership - behaviour

Keywords

Modal disparity, Accessibility, Pattern analysis, Food, Transit, Warsaw

Abstract

Most accessibility studies focus on within transport mode travel performance variations. However, modal accessibility disparity analysis adds value to the single-mode analysis by assessing the interaction between different transport modes and land use. A review of modal disparity studies shows that different accessibility metrics lead to different results, and so it is unclear how this impacts modal accessibility disparity variation. Moreover, the correspondence of the disparity spatial pattern between the different metrics is unclear. This research examines how three typical accessibility metrics (closest facility, cumulative opportunity, space-time constrained) impact modal disparity of grocery store accessibility in Warsaw, Poland. Further, local indicators of spatial association are used to identify areas of similarity and difference between the metrics. This study finds that cumulative opportunities during non-rush hours indicate the best car advantage for all travel times but indicate the best transit advantage during rush hours for 15 min. Generally, the space-time metric indicates better transit accessibility than the closest facility metric which in turn shows better transit accessibility than cumulative opportunities. The city center has significant spatial similarity while peripheral, especially dense, areas have significant spatial difference. Similarity areas have higher transit stop and population densities, while difference areas have average-to-low stop, population, road and store densities.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

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Recommended Citation

Niedzielski, M.A. (2021). Grocery store accessibility: Different metrics – Different modal disparity results and spatial patterns. Journal of Transport Geography, Vol. 96, 103160.