In order to create livable cities and shape a more sustainable mobility, it is crucial to
focus on walkable environments. By providing adequate walking infrastructure and
proximity to destinations, walking accessibility can be improved. Accessibility
instruments as planning support systems can help to face these challenges. Ideally, all
four components of accessibility (land-use component, transportation component,
temporal component, individual component) are included in an accessibility instrument.
This thesis examines how those four components can be incorporated into the Geo-
Open Accessibility Tool (GOAT). All necessary data was mapped in OpenStreetMap for
a selected study area. By adjusting the backend functions, three new routing profiles
(elderly, wheelchair, safe-night) that influence the route choice, were implemented. In
addition, the opening hours of the Points of Interest were included to allow for time-based
accessibility analyses. These two new options represent the individual and the temporal
component. Besides, the frontend was adjusted to include new layers on different
walkability criteria, which visualizes the transportation component more realistically.
These improvements provide valuable insights into how different groups of people are
influenced in their walking accessibility and enhance GOAT to provide more holistic
accessibility analyses.
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In order to create livable cities and shape a more sustainable mobility, it is crucial to
focus on walkable environments. By providing adequate walking infrastructure and
proximity to destinations, walking accessibility can be improved. Accessibility
instruments as planning support systems can help to face these challenges. Ideally, all
four components of accessibility (land-use component, transportation component,
temporal component, individual component) are included in an accessibility i...
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