Abstract
Accessibility plays a major role in achieving sustainable transport, and therefore urban and regional sustainability. The urban public transport system promotes mobility and realizes a large part of urban movements. Moreover, improving accessibility in order to promote sustainable transport requires the application of new concepts and indicators as a powerful tool in the process of creating a balanced urban transport system. In this regard, one of the main goals of this research is to present an overview of the relevant accessibility indicators and assessment of accessibility in regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in order to transcendence challenges and obstacles for sustainable transportation in these regions along of Portuguese-Spanish border. This paper focuses on the accessibility of cross-border cooperation scenarios along the border regions of Alto Alentejo (Portugal) and Badajoz (Spain) where the Case Study Research Method (CSR) made it possible to recognize accessibility as a key factor in territorial success. Also, accessibility analysis can assess improvements as well as regional imbalances. In addition, this methodology can be used to identify missing links, which requires new investments enabling long-term sustainability.
Highlights
In recent decades, European Union (EU) policies have been moving towards increasing cross-border cooperation in order to exploit all the potential of border areas [1,2,3,4,5]
This research allows for the analysis of accessibility factors between cities, which in the case studies of European cross-border cooperation projects are considered critical for achieving territorial success [18,23,24,68]
This factor identified in the Eurocity Elvas-Badajoz case study [16,17] through the assessment of the many levels of CBA for accessibility showed the importance of accessibility analysis in cross-border cooperation areas and their change and trends at the Portuguese-Spanish border
Summary
EU policies have been moving towards increasing cross-border cooperation in order to exploit all the potential of border areas [1,2,3,4,5]. Network (TEN-T) has made a tremendous contribution to increasing the provision of transport infrastructure and improving transport services, it often seems that peripheral and border regions are poorly connected and their accessibility is reduced relative to central regions [6,7,8]. Accessibility is central to the concept of achieving more sustainable urban transportation and improving the sustainability of cities and regions [16,17,18,19]. Recent studies and academicians recognize accessibility as one of the most significant factors for territorial development regarding CBC projects in cross border regions [23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30]
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