Bringing together a comparative analysis of the accessibility by public transport of 23 cities in four continents, this book provides a practical introduction to the evolution, rationale and effectiveness of a new generation of accessibility planning tools. The Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS) tool is used as a practical example to demonstrate how city planners can find the answers to public transport accessibility improvement. Richly illustrated with maps and diagrams, this volume provides a snapshot of current policy making around the world in the realm of strategic planning for land use transport integration and the growth of public transport.

Carey Curtis is Professor in City Planning and Transport at Curtin University, Australia. She is Visiting Professor at University of Amsterdam. Her research interests cover land use planning and transport planning, including a focus on city form and structure, transit oriented development, personal travel behaviour, accessibility planning, institutional barriers to sustainable transport, governance and transport policy. She has published over 90 papers, book chapters and books including Institutional Barriers for Sustainable Transport (2012) with Nicholas Low, and Transit Oriented Development: Making it Happen (2009) with John Renne and Luca Bertolini - both published by Ashgate.

Jan Scheurer is a Senior Research Associate at Curtin University, Australia and RMIT University, Australia/Spain. Trained in architecture and sustainability policy, his research straddles the gaps between urban design and spatial planning, transport policy, user behaviour and mobility culture. He has been an activist for sustainable transport in several parts of the world since 1989 and lives nomadically, but regularly sets anchor in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Melbourne and Perth.

1. Introduction: What is accessibility planning and why does it matter?

2. Spatial Network Analysis for Multimodal Urban Transport Systems (SNAMUTS): Understanding the Indicators

3. Continuity and change in Australasian cities

4. Stagnation and aspiration in North American cities

5. More with less? Accessibility and public transport efficiency in European cities

6. Eclipsing the car? Public transport designed to out-compete private transport

7. Public Transport Dominance in Wealthy Asian Cities

8. Polycentric and Multimodal Interfaces in the Dutch Randstad

9. Conclusion: Accessibility and best-practice land use-transport integration