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Table 1 Selected accessibility studies looking at different accessibility components

From: Drivers of changes in Spanish accessibility for the 1960–2010 period

Studies

Network

Scale

Accessibility indicator

Accessibility component

Analysed period

Gutiérrez, J., and G. Gómez [12]

Road network

Metropolitan (Madrid)

Average distance to nearest highway; potential accessibility

Infrastructure

1990–1996

Holl, A. [13]

Road network

National (Spain)

Average distance to nearest highway; potential accessibility

Infrastructure

1980/2000

López, E., J. Gutiérrez, and G. Gómez [14]

Road and rail network

National (Spain)

Weighted average of travel time; Potential indicator; Efficiency Indicator

Infrastructure

1992/2004

Kotavaara O., H. Antikainen, J. Rusanen [16]

Road and rail network

National (Finland)

Distance to the nearest station; potential accessibility

Infrastructure

1970/2007

Monzón, A., E. Ortega, and E. López [15]

High speed rail

National (Spain)

Potential accessibility

Infrastructure

2005/2020

Condeço-Melhorado, A., J. Gutiérrez and J.C.García-Palomares [17]

Road

National (Spain) with spatial spillovers

Potential accessibility

Infrastructure (road charging)

2005

Gutiérrez, J., A. Condeço-Melhorado, and J. C. Martín [19]

Road

National (Spain) with spatial spillovers

Potential accessibility

Infrastructure

2005/2020

López, E., A. Monzón, E. Ortega, and S. Mancebo [20]

Road and rail network

National (Spain) with spatial spillovers

Efficiency Indicator

Infrastructure

2005–2020

Geurs, K. and, J. R., Ritsema van Eck [18]

Road

National (Netherlands)

Potential accessibility

Infrastructure, land-use and combined effect

1995/2020

Spence, N., and B. Linneker [10]

Road

National (UK)

Potential accessibility

Infrastructure, land-use and combined effect

1971/1976/1989

Koopmans, C., P. Rietveld, and A. Huijg [21]

Rail

National (Netherlands)

Potential accessibility

Combined effect

1840–1930

Axhausen, K. W., P. Froelich, M. Tschopp [22]

Road/Rail

National (Switzerland)

Potential accessibility

combined effect of Infrastructure and land-use

1850–2000