Credit, Kevin (2019) Accessibility and agglomeration: A theoretical framework for understanding the connection between transportation modes, agglomeration benefits, and types of businesses. Geography Compass, 13 (e12425). ISSN 1749-8198

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While delineating the connection between transportation accessibility and economic activity has long been a topic of interest in geography and regional science, a better understanding of the agglomerative benefits of transportation systems is vital. This paper seeks to tie the concepts of accessibility and agglomeration together by arguing that accessibility benefits ultimately stem from the agglomerative potential created by various transportation investments. This line of reasoning provides an avenue to use the economic mechanisms described in agglomeration theory to analyze the effects of specific transportation modes. To do this, the paper traces the literature on the economic impacts of transportation systems and presents a theoretical framework for understanding the connection between specific transportation modes and specific agglomeration benefits. Ultimately, specific modes have unique features that are more or less conducive to specific agglomeration benefits, to which specific types of businesses also respond. These specific connections are particularly important to understand as the development of new urban transportation modes, for example, autonomous vehicles—and their potential economic impacts—increases rapidly.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Cite as: Credit, K. Accessibility and agglomeration: A theoretical framework for understanding the connection between transportation modes, agglomeration benefits, and types of businesses. Geography Compass. 2019; 13:e12425. https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12425
Keywords:	agglomeration benefits; business; transportation accessibility; economic activity;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > National Centre for Geocomputation, NCG Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, MUSSI
Item ID:	14947
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12425
Depositing User:	Kevin Credit
Date Deposited:	20 Oct 2021 14:11
Journal or Publication Title:	Geography Compass
Publisher:	Wiley
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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