Road accessibility improvements: a retrospective study for the Spanish mainland
Abstract
Since the eighties the motorway network in Spain has increased dramatically. This paper presents an analysis of the accessibility improvements that the large scale national motorway building programmes generated. Accessibility is calculated for all Spanish mainland municipali- ties from 1980 to 2000 using two indicators: motorway network access and market potential accessibility. The average distance from municipalities to their nearest motorway has been reduced markedly. In general, there have been gains in all locations, but not all locations have benefited to the same degree.Downloads
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