We have a paper out!

Salonen, M. & Toivonen, T. (2013) Modelling travel time in urban networks: comparable measures for private car and public transport. Journal of Transport Geography, 31, 143-153. (online)

We have a paper out!

Jäppinen,  S., Toivonen, T. & Salonen, M. (2013). Modelling the potential effect of shared bicycles on public transport travel times in Greater Helsinki: An open data approach. Applied Geography 43, 13-24. [online]

The 5th Nordic Geographers Meeting was held in Reykjavík, Iceland, 11 – 14 June 2013. MetropAccess participated in the “Responsible Mobilities” session with a presentation that was done in collaboration with the Everyday Urbanity -project (Aalto University). We also had our poster in the poster session.

MetropAccess got again funding from the Helsinki Metropolitan Region Urban Research Program – new research topics during the new year!

Tuuli Toivonen is the opponent in Ossi Kotavaara´s defence, held at the University of Oulu on 5 December 2012. The title of the academic dissertation is “Accessibility, population change and scale dependency – Exploring geospatial patterns in Finland, 1880–2009”

Accessibility analysis tools, developed by MetropAccess, were used in an accessibility report published by the City planning department of Helsinki. The report is part of the currently on-going City plan process, and can be downloaded here (available in Finnish).

 Mobile Tartu conference aims to discuss theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of mobile positioning based research and applications in geography and planning. Maria is presenting our work with a presentation titled:

“Understanding Amazonian rivers and transportation:  New opportunities provided by mobile positioning technology”

We are hanging out a poster too:

See here!

Jaani Lahtinen presented library related accessibility analyses by MetropAccess in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) conference:

Libraries Now! – Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering – WLIC 2012 Helsinki 11.-17. 8.2012

 

The 10th Urban Studies Days were held in Helsinki on 3.-4.5.2012. This year the theme of the days was urban images and visions. Our research group participated on two sessions; open data and maps of everyday life. You can find our abstracts from the below (in Finnish).

• Monimuotoinen kaupunkiliikenne kartalle: HSL:n avoimet joukkoliikennetiedot alueellisen saavutettavuusanalyysin lähteenä
• Pyöräily osana arjen matkaketjuja: Kaupunkipyöräjärjestelmän vaikutus alueiden saavutettavuuteen pääkaupunkiseudulla
  

Accessibility analysis made by MetropAccess research group was published in Vihreä Lanka as a part of story about a playful race between the travel modes. In the race, competitors traveled from Espoo to Kamppi to see which mode of transportation is fastest in the Helsinki Region. Results of the race was then compared to the accessibility analysis made by MetropAccess research group. Read the whole story from here.