Abstract
The research takes into consideration diverse perspectives and parameters for assessing accessibility in urban spaces within the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Area, with the initiation of pilot study in Darmstadt, being one of the major cities forming the urban agglomeration. Diverse tools including public transport accessibility level and Space Syntax which contribute to the factor of accessibility are studied and utilized in different urban spaces and further correlated. The study takes into consideration the city centre, the main transit station and a residential area, as three urban spaces within Darmstadt, to understand how the selected performance measures quantify leading to qualitative learning and inferences. The study aims to further evolve in future stages, in order to understand the diversity through the accessibility performance measures through different cities, based on commuter flows, within the urban agglomeration. Assessing accessible mobility in continuum within the urban agglomeration, through interdisciplinary means of research methodology, would assist in the vision (as per German legislation) of obtaining an accessible and integrated multimodal transport system by 2022.
Highlights
In an urban environment, majority of trips include a sequence of travel modes in order to reach a destination
The study is prioritized on the urban agglomerations with strategic vision towards obtaining an objective of enhanced mobility in future
With respect to the strategic vision of Mobiles Hessen 2035, the short-distance mobility must again be the basis of mobility for cities and towns [2], with Frankfurt Rhein-Main region being one of the major urban agglomerations within the state of Hessen
Summary
Majority of trips include a sequence of travel modes in order to reach a destination. A multimodal transportation system allows people to use a variety of transportation modes, including walking, biking and other mobility devices, as well as transit where possible These modal integrations may differ in their functional capacities, in continuum, in different urban environment. As per the 2018 data, the commuter flow within the Frankfurt Rhein-Main region shows the major cities, including Wiesbaden, Offenbach, Mainz and Darmstadt, which contribute towards the major mobility share in the region. Majority of these commuter flows are directed towards the city of Frankfurt within the Hessen state. The research focuses on understanding how these perspectives can be utilized in order to understand and improve the accessibility paradigm through multimodal mobility
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