TY - JOUR
TI - Public transportation and spatial accessibility in rural areas of Switzerland
AU - Guzik, Robert
TI - Public transportation and spatial accessibility in rural areas of Switzerland
AB - 
	In a contemporary globalized, hyper-mobile world one of the most important narrative in discourse on development of rural and peripheral areas is their accessibility. An adequate access to spatially and temporally dispersed resources and opportunities is an important issue undermining people’s life chances, especially access to education and to health care, as well as a prospect for an economic growth and prosperity of regions and localities. The idea of accessibility become part of political agenda settled in the social justice and social inclusion rhetoric as well as it has emerged as an important part of sustainability discourse. The study examines the impact of the public transportation organization on spatial accessibility in rural areas of Switzerland, which is often recalled as a benchmark for public transportation. To examine effects of the changes in Swiss public transport regulation a comparison of accessibility in selected Swiss rural areas over time is presented. Additionally, some rural areas of Poland, Czechia and Slovakia are included in the comparison to set a wider background.
VL - 2016
IS - 19 (4)
PY - 2016
SN - 1426-5915
C1 - 2543-859X
SP - 49
EP - 61
DO - 10.4467/2543859XPKG.16.022.6320
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/pkgkptg/article/transport-publiczny-a-dostepnosc-na-obszarach-wiejskich-szwajcarii
KW - accessibility
KW - rural areas
KW - public transportation
KW - sustainable mobility
KW - Switzerland