ACCESSIBILITY ANALYSIS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACASE STUDY OF THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CITY

The paper describes accessibility analysis was done for the Central Business District area of Thiruvananthapuram city. The accessibility to public transport system was identified with the help of a methodology called Public Transport System Accessibility Level. Regression models were developed for measuring the accessibility by different wards. Separate models were developed for gender, different age groups and also for license holders and non license holders. The possibility of expressing the Accessibility by Hansen’s index method was also explored by measuring the accessibility to employment opportunities.