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The EU-Project METPEX aims the development of a tool that measures the quality of travel experience. The Work Package 6 of this project, leaded by INE, studies the link between land use and accessibility as a likely determinant of travel satisfaction. As a result of the literature review undertaken in the Deliverable 6.2 few publications […]
INE participates in the EU-project METPEX. METPEX has a goal to develope a measurement tool to evaluate the quality of travel experience. A part of the project is leaded by INE (Work Package 6) and studies the land use factors associated with accessibility. The hypothesis of the project is that the lower the accessibility traveling […]
INE has presented a poster at the Transport Research Board (TRB), a worldwide conference that has taken place in Washington on January 11-15 2015. The poster shows results of the EU-project METPEX (see below). The poster focuses on the relationship between land use and mobiltiy behaviour. In Switzerland leisure trips compared to working trips are […]
Analysing the connection between demographic and mobility issues for the METPEX project, INE has studied, among other aspects, the access to car, bicycle and public transport card of different age groups in Switzerland. As the figure below reveals, car and bicycle ownership decrease while age increases, though the difference by age group is more remarkable […]
The mobility patterns of the different age groups in Switzerland have been investigated in the METPEX project giving as a result the figure below. Modal choice is a crucial mobility pattern that indicates the sustainability in terms of transport. The highest car modal shares are reported in ages between 25-44 as well as 44-64 (both […]