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<p>Commuting to work is one of the key motivations for people to move around cities or other regions. For the purpose of this study, the city of Szczecin in Poland has been selected, where the modal division of transport includes public transport (bus, tram) and private transport (car). The maps present the spatial distribution of citizens within a working area as well as precise locations of workplaces registered in the REGON database. The main objective of this study is to analyse the potential accessibility of workplaces and the working-age population of the city using the abovementioned modes of transport, and to indicate the places less accessible by public transport and car for commuting purposes. The study presented herein is based on data from 2018. The calculated average accessibility by different means of public and private transport as well as the potential accessibility quotient are presented in the form of box plots.</p>
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Commuting to work is one of the key motivations for people to move around cities or other regions. For the purpose of this study, the city of Szczecin in Poland has been selected, where the modal division of transport includes public transport (bus, tram) and private transport (car). The maps present the spatial distribution of citizens within a working area as well as precise locations of workplaces registered in the REGON database. The main objective of this study is to analyse the potential accessibility of workplaces and the working-age population of the city using the abovementioned modes of transport, and to indicate the places less accessible by public transport and car for commuting purposes. The study presented herein is based on data from 2018. The calculated average accessibility by different means of public and private transport as well as the potential accessibility quotient are presented in the form of box plots.

<bold>The potential accessibility</bold> to workplaces and working-age population by means of public and private car transport in Szczecin

Department of Spatial Organization, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization

Miscellanea Geographica

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 to workplaces and working-age population by means of public and private car transport in Szczecin

Commuting to work is one of the key motivations for people to move around cities or other regions. For the purpose of this study, the city of Szczecin in...

The potential accessibility to workplaces and working-age population by means of public and private car transport in Szczecin

Publicado en línea: 31 ene 2022

Páginas: 31 - 41

Recibido: 25 sept 2020

Aceptado: 13 jul 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0069

Palabras clave
Public transport, car transport, GTFS, workplaces, working-age population, Szczecin

© 2022 Sławomir Goliszek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The potential accessibility to workplaces and working-age population by means of public and private car transport in Szczecin

Publicado en línea: 31 ene 2022

Páginas: 31 - 41

Recibido: 25 sept 2020

Aceptado: 13 jul 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0069

Palabras clavePublic transport, car transport, GTFS, workplaces, working-age population, Szczecin

© 2022 Sławomir Goliszek, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Public transport, car transport, GTFS, workplaces, working-age population, Szczecin