Accessibility is complex, but the needs of the population can be represented by a basket of indicators describing opportunities available to transport users and non-users. This paper was prepared for […]
To manage the process of accessibility change, accessibility planning approaches have emerged from two traditions: more proactive planning to achieve greater clarity and consistency between accessibility goals and practice; and […]
How is the quality of connectivity defined? Which connections need investment? High speed global electronic connections must be complemented with viable investment in transport to support competitive locations and enabled […]
A selection of transport policy and planning pojects are shown below: The Future of Retail Property: Future Transport (2006) – For the British Council of Shopping Centres. The review is […]
Derek Halden’s evidence to the Westminster Parliamentary Inquiry into accessibility planning gives a good overview of the key issues and can be read in full here The inquiry gave strong […]
DHC has been undertaking projects to plan better access between people and places since 1996. Some of the most significant projects with links to published reports are described below. Pharmacy […]
This is a draft of a paper from 2015 which was published in the Handbook of Transport and Development, Edited by Hickman, Givoni, Bonilla and Banister.
Often new roads, railways or other transport are presented as ways of improving accessibility but people find that they have the reverse effect. A common example of this is that […]
The relationships between travel delays and competitiveness are complex. In a recent project for the Office of the Road and Rail Regulator (ORR) with Transport Futures, delays on the strategic road […]
In an uncertain and fast changing world, resilience has never been more important for the transport system. Recent events show that transport systems are far from being fail safe and […]