The book aims to equip readers with the fundamental concepts, data analysis skills & tools needed to perform accessibility analyses and assess the impact of transp. projects. The book presents several reproducible examples using open source data sets and code in #rstats +
1) The 1s section presents the concept of urban accessibility, clarifies the differences between accessibility and mobility, and presents the main indicators found in the literature to measure urban accessibility.
2) The second 2nd teaches how to calculate urban accessibility estimates in R using the {r5r} and {accessibility} packages📦 and open data, and how to visualize results with maps and charts. #r5rstats #accessibilityr
3) The 3rd section introduces the #GTFS specification for public transport data, and shows how to work and analyze GTFS data using the {gtfstools} package. It also shows where to find public transport data in GTFS format for cities across the globe, including Bazil #gtfstools
4) The 4th section brings a case study to illustrate how the combined knowledge of previous chapters can be used to assess the impact of transportation policies on urban accessibility conditions and on inequalities in access to opportunities. +
5) Finally, the 5th section shows how to download, analyze & visualize the data of the Access to Opportunities Project (AOP) using the {aopdata}📦 which brings detailed data on landuse patterns & accessibility for different transport modes and years for Brazilian cities #aopdata
The book is entirely free and available online, both in English and Portuguese. PDF and e-pub versions of the book should be available in the near future after the official publication of the book by @ipeaonline. 🔗https://ipeagit.github.io/intro_access_book/en/index.en.html +
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Rafael H M Pereira
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Introduction to urban accessibility
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