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Dr. Katrin Lättman
Karlstad University

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Correction
Published: 12 April 2021 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Katrin Lättman; Lars Olsson; Margareta Friman; Satoshi Fujii. Correction: Lättman, K., et al. Perceived Accessibility, Satisfaction with Daily Travel, and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4498. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18, 4047 .

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Katrin Lättman, Lars Olsson, Margareta Friman, Satoshi Fujii. Correction: Lättman, K., et al. Perceived Accessibility, Satisfaction with Daily Travel, and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4498. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18 (8):4047.

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Katrin Lättman; Lars Olsson; Margareta Friman; Satoshi Fujii. 2021. "Correction: Lättman, K., et al. Perceived Accessibility, Satisfaction with Daily Travel, and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 4498." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 8: 4047.

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Published: 13 February 2021 in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
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Previous findings have established that satisfaction with public transport service quality attributes (reliability/functionality, information, courtesy/simplicity, comfort, safety) relate to overall travel satisfaction. Recent studies propose that the importance of these attributes for travel satisfaction varies in different contexts and call for new approaches for enhancing the understanding of these relationships. We address this call by using a configurational perspective and applying fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), to explore how satisfaction with service quality attributes relate to high travel satisfaction. By analyzing user survey data before and after an intervention in public transport services in a Swedish city, we: 1) find that high travel satisfaction occurs in the interaction between service quality attributes; 2) identify different configurations of satisfaction with service quality attributes leading to high travel satisfaction; and 3) show how context alters overall travel satisfaction. We conclude that using a configurational approach is useful for understanding the complexity of travel satisfaction.

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Alexandre Sukhov; Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson; Margareta Friman; Satoshi Fujii. Assessing travel satisfaction in public transport: A configurational approach. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2021, 93, 102732 .

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Alexandre Sukhov, Katrin Lättman, Lars E. Olsson, Margareta Friman, Satoshi Fujii. Assessing travel satisfaction in public transport: A configurational approach. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2021; 93 ():102732.

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Alexandre Sukhov; Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson; Margareta Friman; Satoshi Fujii. 2021. "Assessing travel satisfaction in public transport: A configurational approach." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 93, no. : 102732.

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Published: 29 October 2020 in Sustainability
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In order to constitute a realistic option to existing travel modes, carpooling needs to be able to offer adequate levels of accessibility. Insights into how carpooling services affect perceived accessibility up until now remain unexplored. In this study we explore carpooling experiences of 122 users in Sweden and examine a number of possible determinants of the perceived accessibility of carpooling. Results show that carpooling is not perceived by the users as particularly accessible with low levels across the sample. Moreover, multiple linear hierarchical regression analyses show that simplicity of travel, population density, years of education, and school and work-trips appear to affect perceptions of accessibility of carpooling, whereas travel time and cost appear not to. The final model explains a third of the variance in perceived accessibility of carpooling, thus nearly two thirds of the variation is still unaccounted for. Future research should explore further possible determinants of perceived accessibility of carpooling in order to explain, understand, and counteract the low levels of accessibility that appear to be linked to this specific travel mode.

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Margareta Friman; Katrin Lättman; Lars Olsson. Carpoolers’ Perceived Accessibility of Carpooling. Sustainability 2020, 12, 8976 .

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Margareta Friman, Katrin Lättman, Lars Olsson. Carpoolers’ Perceived Accessibility of Carpooling. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (21):8976.

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Margareta Friman; Katrin Lättman; Lars Olsson. 2020. "Carpoolers’ Perceived Accessibility of Carpooling." Sustainability 12, no. 21: 8976.

Original research article
Published: 17 September 2020 in Frontiers in Built Environment
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How to drive modal shift is one of the primary issues in creating a sustainable society. By encouraging people to migrate from private car use to public transport, city planners can prepare for a super-aged society, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and mitigate negative externalities of private car use such as congestion, accidents, and noise. To achieve these goals, city planners are required to understand whether public transport usage can be increased by improving the service quality and what roles user satisfaction and loyalty play in the process. The relations between service quality, user satisfaction, loyalty, and user frequency have been studied for a long time. However, most of the studies are based on cross-sectional analysis. Cross-sectional analysis is less powerful in detecting causality as it does not show pre–post relations or lagged effects between variables. To investigate causal and non-simultaneous relations among quality, satisfaction, loyalty, and user frequency of public transport, we used data of the Benchmarking in European Service of Public Transport survey from 2001 to 2015 in four European cities, and applied vector auto regressive (VAR) analysis. The result shows that improvement of service quality has positive effects on user’s satisfaction, loyalty, and user frequency and that better satisfaction leads to higher loyalty and user frequency. More importantly, the result also shows that behavioral modification (change in user frequency) occurs with time lag while psychological modifications (changes in satisfaction and loyalty) occur immediately after changes in service quality. The findings suggest that city/transport planners ought to keep improving the service quality of public transport and monitoring the achievement from a long-term perspective.

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Yuichiro Kawabata; Takuya Ryo; Margareta Friman; Lars E. Olsson; Katrin Lättman; Satoshi Fujii. Time-Series Analysis of the Causal Effects Among Perceived Quality, Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Frequency of Public Transportation Use. Frontiers in Built Environment 2020, 6, 1 .

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Yuichiro Kawabata, Takuya Ryo, Margareta Friman, Lars E. Olsson, Katrin Lättman, Satoshi Fujii. Time-Series Analysis of the Causal Effects Among Perceived Quality, Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Frequency of Public Transportation Use. Frontiers in Built Environment. 2020; 6 ():1.

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Yuichiro Kawabata; Takuya Ryo; Margareta Friman; Lars E. Olsson; Katrin Lättman; Satoshi Fujii. 2020. "Time-Series Analysis of the Causal Effects Among Perceived Quality, Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Frequency of Public Transportation Use." Frontiers in Built Environment 6, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 27 April 2020 in Sustainability
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Service quality in public transport is proposed as a key determinant of perceived accessibility, the ease to live the life one wants with the help of the transport system, as low service quality may be a barrier for use, decreasing the ease to participate in daily activities. The first aim was to validate the direct relationship between public transport quality and perceived accessibility. Secondly, we analyzed the mediating role of safety perceptions to better explain the link between service quality and perceived accessibility. Public transport travelers (n = 4944) from five northern European cities were surveyed. Results from PLS-SEM modeling show that service quality has a significant and direct relationship with perceived accessibility, especially regarding functionality. An indirect relationship through travel safety perceptions was also observed, highlighting information and comfort as main drivers. High car use, low public transport use, increasing age, and being a woman were also associated with greater perceived accessibility. City comparisons yielded a number of significant differences. Our results contribute to the research literature by highlighting the importance of service quality in public transport for perceptions of accessibility in daily travel. In particular, we argue that functionality is the core attribute to focus on, and that attributes related to travel safety perceptions should be carefully considered when planning for sustainable transport.

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Margareta Friman; Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson. Public Transport Quality, Safety, and Perceived Accessibility. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3563 .

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Margareta Friman, Katrin Lättman, Lars E. Olsson. Public Transport Quality, Safety, and Perceived Accessibility. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3563.

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Margareta Friman; Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson. 2020. "Public Transport Quality, Safety, and Perceived Accessibility." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3563.

Journal article
Published: 02 January 2020 in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
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In order to plan for, and achieve, a sustainable and accessible transport system, research and policies alike recognize a need to implement and enhance alternative transport options in favor of the private car. Moreover, these sustainable alternatives need to offer sufficient levels of accessibility regardless of where people live or work. We present and discuss an approach for capturing and evaluating perceived accessibility, with the ability to differentiate between individuals. Levels of perceived accessibility are compared before and after a fictive car use restriction, and between residential areas, using data from 2711 residents of Malmö, Sweden. A main conclusion is that levels of perceived accessibility become significantly lower for car users when they are limited in their options for daily travel. The difference is more substantive for frequent car users, who already travel less by sustainable modes today. There are also significant differences in levels of perceived accessibility in the restricted scenario, depending on where individuals live. These novel findings may not come as a surprise, but they emphasize the importance of including and analyzing perceptions of car users when designing accessible and sustainable transport systems. The paper ends with a discussion on how to facilitate the transition from current transport systems to an inclusive and accessible system.

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Katrin Lättman; Margareta Friman; Lars E. Olsson. Restricted car-use and perceived accessibility. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 2020, 78, 102213 .

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Katrin Lättman, Margareta Friman, Lars E. Olsson. Restricted car-use and perceived accessibility. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 2020; 78 ():102213.

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Katrin Lättman; Margareta Friman; Lars E. Olsson. 2020. "Restricted car-use and perceived accessibility." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 78, no. : 102213.

Journal article
Published: 14 November 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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People are living longer than they did previously, and the proportion of older people is increasing worldwide. This rapid development will have implications for the transport system, in general, and for travel behavior and accessibility to daily activities, in particular. In recent years, both research and politics have drawn the attention of the public to issues affecting the opportunities of the elderly to participate in everyday life. The debate has so far mostly focused on health issues, with limited work having been done on the ability of the elderly to live the lives they want to considering how they travel. With this view, a theoretical model, grounded in a model of travel and subjective wellbeing was developed to explore the role of perceived accessibility in satisfaction with travel and life satisfaction. Empirical data were collected from a sample of 2422 respondents (aged 60–92) from five cities in Northern Europe (Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Bergen) and analyzed using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings confirmed the link between perceived accessibility, travel satisfaction, and life satisfaction. The findings also showed the role of sociodemographic and travel attributes in perceived accessibility and satisfaction with travel, as well as the moderating effects of different age groups. We conclude that this moderating role played by age indicates that we should not always treat the elderly as a homogenous group in research and transport planning.

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Katrin Lättman; Lars Olsson; Margareta Friman; Satoshi Fujii. Perceived Accessibility, Satisfaction with Daily Travel, and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 4498 .

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Katrin Lättman, Lars Olsson, Margareta Friman, Satoshi Fujii. Perceived Accessibility, Satisfaction with Daily Travel, and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (22):4498.

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Katrin Lättman; Lars Olsson; Margareta Friman; Satoshi Fujii. 2019. "Perceived Accessibility, Satisfaction with Daily Travel, and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 22: 4498.

Journal article
Published: 01 September 2018 in Research in Transportation Economics
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Accessibility has conventionally been measured and evaluated ignoring user perceptions in favor of focusing on travel time and distance to a number of pre-determined destinations. Acknowledging this gap, we recently developed a scale for perceived accessibility PAC (Lättman, Friman, & Olsson 2016b) aimed at capturing the individual perspective of accessibility with a certain travel mode. In this paper, we 1) further develop the PAC measure of perceived accessibility in order to capture how easy it is to live a satisfactory life with the help of the transport system, 2) compare levels of perceived accessibility between residential areas and main travel modes, and 3) compare residents’ perceived accessibility to the objective accessibility level for the same residential area. Data from 2711 residents of Malmö, Sweden show that perceived accessibility is consistently different from objective accessibility across 13 residential areas, with minor differences in levels of perceived accessibility between areas. Surprisingly, bicycle users rate their accessibility significantly higher than those who mainly use the car or public transport for daily travel, contrary to objective accessibility assumptions. These differences point at the importance of including perceived accessibility as a complementary tool when planning for and evaluating transport systems.

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Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson; Margareta Friman. A new approach to accessibility – Examining perceived accessibility in contrast to objectively measured accessibility in daily travel. Research in Transportation Economics 2018, 69, 501 -511.

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Katrin Lättman, Lars E. Olsson, Margareta Friman. A new approach to accessibility – Examining perceived accessibility in contrast to objectively measured accessibility in daily travel. Research in Transportation Economics. 2018; 69 ():501-511.

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Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson; Margareta Friman. 2018. "A new approach to accessibility – Examining perceived accessibility in contrast to objectively measured accessibility in daily travel." Research in Transportation Economics 69, no. : 501-511.

Correction
Published: 19 May 2018 in Human Arenas
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Paul Rhodes; Dominik Stefan Mihalits; Katrin Lättman; Natalie Rodax; Severin Hornung; Anne Bryde Chistensen; Johanna Degen; Victoria Schüttengruber; Martine Tchitchihé; Shifa Haq; Anna-Eva Nebowsky; Tuuli Pern; Ernst Schraube; Veronica Botelho. Correction to: Hidden Present, Visible Absent in the City of Dreams: Assembling the Collective Imagination. Human Arenas 2018, 1, 166 -166.

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Paul Rhodes, Dominik Stefan Mihalits, Katrin Lättman, Natalie Rodax, Severin Hornung, Anne Bryde Chistensen, Johanna Degen, Victoria Schüttengruber, Martine Tchitchihé, Shifa Haq, Anna-Eva Nebowsky, Tuuli Pern, Ernst Schraube, Veronica Botelho. Correction to: Hidden Present, Visible Absent in the City of Dreams: Assembling the Collective Imagination. Human Arenas. 2018; 1 (2):166-166.

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Paul Rhodes; Dominik Stefan Mihalits; Katrin Lättman; Natalie Rodax; Severin Hornung; Anne Bryde Chistensen; Johanna Degen; Victoria Schüttengruber; Martine Tchitchihé; Shifa Haq; Anna-Eva Nebowsky; Tuuli Pern; Ernst Schraube; Veronica Botelho. 2018. "Correction to: Hidden Present, Visible Absent in the City of Dreams: Assembling the Collective Imagination." Human Arenas 1, no. 2: 166-166.

Arena of auto ethnography
Published: 01 May 2018 in Human Arenas
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This paper serves as a collaborative auto-ethnography of psychological researchers, engaged in a unique encounter with each other and with the streets, artefacts, history and ghosts of Vienna, the City of Dreams. This small international and interdisciplinary group engaged in four pre-planned exercises in this city, each geared towards developing the sensitivity of researchers to notions of embodied introspection. Participants were asked to recollect and diarise their internal dialogue and these voices were assembled according to the practice of bricolage. This paper aims to demonstrate how new forms of knowledge might be created, based on the material experience of place, and the assembling of the collective imagination of researchers. It also aims to demonstrate how this collective imagination might be written about in novel ways, with a decentred author capturing the atmosphere while it lasts.

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Paul Rhodes; Dominik Mihalits; Katrin Lättman; Natalie Rodax; Severin Hornung; Anne Bryde Chistensen; Johanna Degen; Victoria Schüttengruber; Martine Tchitchihé; Shifa Haq; Anna-Eva Nebowsky; Tuuli Pern; Ernst Schraube; Veronica Botelho; Tulli Pern. Hidden Present, Visible Absent in the City of Dreams: Assembling the Collective Imagination. Human Arenas 2018, 1, 151 -165.

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Paul Rhodes, Dominik Mihalits, Katrin Lättman, Natalie Rodax, Severin Hornung, Anne Bryde Chistensen, Johanna Degen, Victoria Schüttengruber, Martine Tchitchihé, Shifa Haq, Anna-Eva Nebowsky, Tuuli Pern, Ernst Schraube, Veronica Botelho, Tulli Pern. Hidden Present, Visible Absent in the City of Dreams: Assembling the Collective Imagination. Human Arenas. 2018; 1 (2):151-165.

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Paul Rhodes; Dominik Mihalits; Katrin Lättman; Natalie Rodax; Severin Hornung; Anne Bryde Chistensen; Johanna Degen; Victoria Schüttengruber; Martine Tchitchihé; Shifa Haq; Anna-Eva Nebowsky; Tuuli Pern; Ernst Schraube; Veronica Botelho; Tulli Pern. 2018. "Hidden Present, Visible Absent in the City of Dreams: Assembling the Collective Imagination." Human Arenas 1, no. 2: 151-165.

Book review
Published: 01 June 2017 in Journal of Transport Geography
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Katrin Lättman. Planning for Public Transport Accessibility: an international sourcebook. By Curtis, C. and Scheurer, J. (2016). London: Routledge. £ 76.50 (hardback) £ 24.49 (e-book). ISBN: 978-1472447241. Journal of Transport Geography 2017, 62, 263 -264.

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Katrin Lättman. Planning for Public Transport Accessibility: an international sourcebook. By Curtis, C. and Scheurer, J. (2016). London: Routledge. £ 76.50 (hardback) £ 24.49 (e-book). ISBN: 978-1472447241. Journal of Transport Geography. 2017; 62 ():263-264.

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Katrin Lättman. 2017. "Planning for Public Transport Accessibility: an international sourcebook. By Curtis, C. and Scheurer, J. (2016). London: Routledge. £ 76.50 (hardback) £ 24.49 (e-book). ISBN: 978-1472447241." Journal of Transport Geography 62, no. : 263-264.

Journal article
Published: 07 June 2016 in Social Inclusion
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Perceived accessibility has been acknowledged as an important aspect of transport policy since the 70s. Nevertheless, very few empirical studies have been conducted in this field. When aiming to improve social inclusion, by making sustainable transport modes accessible to all, it is important to understand the factors driving perceived accessibility. Unlike conventional accessibility measures, perceived accessibility focuses on the perceived possibilities and ease of engaging in preferred activities using different transport modes. We define perceived accessibility in terms of how easy it is to live a satisfactory life with the help of the transport system, which is not necessarily the same thing as the objective standard of the system. According to previous research, perceived accessibility varies with the subjectively-rated quality of the mode of transport. Thus, improvements in quality (e.g. trip planning, comfort, or safety) increase the perceived accessibility and make life easier to live using the chosen mode of transport. This study (n=750) focuses on the perceived accessibility of public transport, captured using the Perceived Accessibility Scale PAC (Lättman, Olsson, & Friman, 2015). More specifically, this study aims to determine how level of quality affects the perceived accessibility in public transport. A Conditional Process Model shows that, in addition to quality, feeling safe and frequency of travel are important predictors of perceived accessibility. Furthermore, elderly and those in their thirties report a lower level of perceived accessibility to their day-to-day activities using public transport. The basic premise of this study is that subjective experiences may be as important as objective indicators when planning and designing for socially inclusive transport systems.

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Katrin Lättman; Margareta Friman; Lars E. Olsson. Perceived Accessibility of Public Transport as a Potential Indicator of Social Inclusion. Social Inclusion 2016, 4, 36 -45.

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Katrin Lättman, Margareta Friman, Lars E. Olsson. Perceived Accessibility of Public Transport as a Potential Indicator of Social Inclusion. Social Inclusion. 2016; 4 (3):36-45.

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Katrin Lättman; Margareta Friman; Lars E. Olsson. 2016. "Perceived Accessibility of Public Transport as a Potential Indicator of Social Inclusion." Social Inclusion 4, no. 3: 36-45.

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Published: 01 June 2016 in Journal of Transport Geography
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Perceived accessibility, defined as “how easy it is to live a satisfactory life using the transport system”, is proposed to be a complementary measure to conventional, objective measures of accessibility. Aiming at capturing the subjective element of accessibility, as opposed to conventional accessibility that is based on the same objective attributes for large areas or groups of people, the authors developed and tested a measure of perceived accessibility; the four items self-reported Perceived Accessibility Scale (PAC). In study 1, 237 users of public transport rated PAC. The results showed that PAC is a reliable measure. The PAC was further validated and proved reliable in two waves (study 2) in altered conditions (Wave 1, N = 246, Wave 2, N = 259). Based on this, an overall PAC index was constructed. PAC can be used to determine the traveler's (or possible travelers) opinion of accessibility in transport planning or accessibility-mapping, or for directing interventions aimed at improving accessibility to where they are best needed according to the individuals. Further development of the PAC and its potential within transport research and planning, and its future validation is discussed.

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Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson; Margareta Friman. Development and test of the Perceived Accessibility Scale (PAC) in public transport. Journal of Transport Geography 2016, 54, 257 -263.

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Katrin Lättman, Lars E. Olsson, Margareta Friman. Development and test of the Perceived Accessibility Scale (PAC) in public transport. Journal of Transport Geography. 2016; 54 ():257-263.

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Katrin Lättman; Lars E. Olsson; Margareta Friman. 2016. "Development and test of the Perceived Accessibility Scale (PAC) in public transport." Journal of Transport Geography 54, no. : 257-263.