Cover -- Geographical Information and Urban Transport Systems -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1. CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSPORT SUPPLY -- Chapter 1. Modeling Transport Systems on an Intra-Urban Scale -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. GIS-transport experiments -- 1.2.1. The three stages of evolution of GIS-T -- 1.2.2. Between time and operational dimensions -- 1.2.3. Evolutionary perspectives of GIS-T -- 1.3. Towards an urban GIS-T -- 1.3.1. Norms for facilitating information transfer -- 1.3.2. Data model for urban GIS-T -- 1.3.3. From integrating the demand… -- 1.3.4. …to structuring transport supply -- 1.4. Towards an analysis of accessibility -- 1.4.1. Potential accessibility measurement -- 1.4.2. Towards a measurement of "urban potential" -- 1.5. Conclusion -- 1.6. Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Determining Urban Public Transport Supply -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Considering time in journey planning -- 2.3. Geometry of a collective urban transport network: expressing interconnectivity -- 2.3.1. Linear routes: ordered sequences of stops -- 2.3.2. Coding connection nodes -- 2.4. Calculating resources according to transport network coding -- 2.5. Visualizing the transport network from different perspectives -- 2.5.1. Load profile for a subway line -- 2.5.2. Load profiles for transport lines -- 2.5.3. Measurement of accessibility to the public transport network -- 2.5.4. The importance of public transport -- 2.5.5. Detailed measurement of public transport: surface area of the transport demand for the line -- 2.6. Conclusion: GIS as an analysis and intervention platform -- 2.7. Bibliography -- Chapter 3. Defining Intermodal Accessibility -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Accessibility -- 3.2.1. A definition of accessibility -- 3.2.2. Measuring accessibility -- 3.2.3. "Best time" limits.

3.2.4. Schedule accessibility -- 3.3. Intermodality and multimodality -- 3.4. Modeling the transport system: networks and graphs -- 3.5. Example on an urban scale: access to the Lille campus -- 3.5.1. Villeneuve d'Ascq campus: access via central rail stations -- 3.5.2. Medicine campus: making use of Halte CHR -- 3.5.3. Valorizing intermodality to access the Lille campuses -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 3.7. Bibliography -- Chapter 4. Characterizing Form and Functioning of Transportation Networks -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Precautions and limitations in describing form and functioning of transportation networks -- 4.2.1. Describing network shapes -- 4.2.2. The spatial coverage of the networks -- 4.2.3. Assessing accessibility provided by transport systems: a few precautions -- 4.2.4. Routing flows -- 4.3. Examples of induced effects related to the form and functioning of transport networks -- 4.3.1. Network shapes and pedestrian mobility behavior -- 4.3.2. Car dependency as an induced effect of the type of accessibility provided by current networks -- 4.4. Conclusion -- 4.5. Bibliography -- PART 2. ESTIMATING TRANSPORT DEMAND -- Chapter 5. Estimating Transport Demand -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Modeling history -- 5.3. Methodological framework -- 5.3.1. Forecasting procedure -- 5.3.2. The model: the result of a double simplification process -- 5.3.3. Operationality and problems regarding the model -- 5.4. Constructing geographical information: from the zonal system to the network structure -- 5.5. Constructing origin/destination matrices -- 5.5.1. Generating transport demand -- 5.5.2. Trip distribution -- 5.6. Mode choice and route assignment -- 5.6.1. Mode choice -- 5.6.2. Demand assignment -- 5.7. Conclusion -- 5.8. Bibliography.

Chapter 6. Visualizing Daily Mobility: Towards Other Modes of Representation -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Essential preconditions -- 6.2.1. Indisputable data to collect -- 6.2.2. Towards an adapted data structuring -- 6.3. Classic limited cartographical approaches -- 6.3.1. Limited classic semiotics -- 6.3.2. Relatively old innovations -- 6.4. An answer by geovisualization -- 6.4.1. The paradigm of scientific visualization -- 6.4.2. Adapting cartography to multiple potentialities -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. Bibliography -- Chapter 7. Guiding a Tram-Train Installation: a Necessary Multi-Criteria Approach -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The tram-train -- 7.2.1. Tram-train philosophy -- 7.2.2. Tram-train operation -- 7.3. The tram-train project in the urban region of Grenoble -- 7.3.1. The agglomeration and Grésivaudan sectors of the urban region of Grenoble -- 7.3.2. Traffic problems -- 7.3.3. The tram-train solution -- 7.4. A two tool method: GIS and MCA -- 7.4.1. Tools -- 7.4.2. AHP method -- 7.4.3. Application of the AHP method -- 7.5. Result analysis -- 7.5.1. The second simulation -- 7.5.2. Possible zones without MCA -- 7.5.3. Line route -- 7.5.4. Transport stop locations -- 7.6. Conclusion -- 7.7. Bibliography -- List of Authors -- Index.