Accessibility of bus transport in Nord-Jæren
Master thesis
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2022Metadata
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In line with aims of making the transport sector more sustainable, accessible bus service isessential. Nord-Jæren is an exciting geographical area concerning this because of heavyinvestments made here on bus rapid transit (BRT) infrastructure in recent and coming years.This thesis examines how accessible bus transport is in urban Nord-Jæren before the completionof this BRT project, named the Bus Road (“Bussveien”). Additionally, it assesses whether areaswith higher address densities have better bus accessibility and vice versa.
Bus accessibility throughout urban Nord-Jæren is found from a system perspective bymeasuring six factors identified to influence bus transport accessibility. These are accessdistance, service coverage, travel time, bus route options, frequency, and service span. Eachfactor affects spatial or temporal and local or network accessibility. This thesis containsmeasures of how well each basic statistical unit (“grunnkrets”) and statistical tract(“delområde”) in the research area perform in the abovementioned accessibility factors,categories, and overall.
The results indicate that bus transport is generally most accessible in and between Stavangerand Sandnes city centres, where the first part of the Bus Road will come. In addition, someareas west and north of Stavanger city centre are also among the most accessible by bustransport. South and east of Sandnes city centre, less accessible areas exist, while Randabergand Sola municipalities have the least accessible areas. Generally, the least accessible areashave among the lowest address densities, notably less than 500 addresses/km2. However,many low-density areas are also among the most accessible.
The findings in this thesis may be used to identify areas in Nord-Jæren with poor bustransport accessibility. In addition, they can explain why some areas have poorer accessibilitythan others and how it can be improved.