Open Source Accessibility Toolkit

(Part of Open Source Transport Informatics tools listing, for the OSSTIP project, especially OSSTIP/WP2- Transit Informatics tools review.)

The Open Source Accessibility Toolkit is a small package that helps calculate metrics of urban accessibility via different modes of transport, primarily developed by the not-for-profit organisation Noblis. It uses OpenTripPlanner for the bulk of the transport routing work via public transport.

External Links

• Project codebase: https://github.com/Noblis/OSAT
• Description of OSAT at Noblis
• Paper on development and sample use of the tool:
  • McGurrin, M. F. & Greczner, D. 2011, 'Performance Metrics: Calculating Accessibility Using Open Source Software and Open Data', 11-0230.