| Article ID: | iaor1997188 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 29A |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page Number: | 421 |
| End Page Number: | 427 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1995 |
| Journal: | Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice |
| Authors: | Pooler James A. |
| Keywords: | measurement |
In a recent article, Allen et al introduce what they call a new transportation accessibility measure. The present paper raises some questions about the history of the measure and its novelty. It is argued that accessibility indices have a longer history than the authors suggest and that the proposed index of accessibility, being the average distance among a set of locations, is neither new, nor worthy of the claims made for it. In addition, some questions are raised about the associated empirical results.