Assessment of regional transport with map deformation: a case study for Budapest

Abstract

Transport systems exist in geographic space and the time-space. This implies the travel time. Nowadays the time is getting more and more important. This article not only shows the method for time-space visualization but as a tool for analyze regional transport systems in Budapest Hungary. The method initially developed in the 1960s but due to the low computational capacity at that time not evolved yet. The current widely available computational capacity made it possible to make such assessments for smaller areas. However, these methods have not been pursued beyond this initial flurry of research activity, most likely due to the difficulties associated with handling and processing huge amount of digital geographic data and the difficulties of the developed software environment. This paper describe not only the method but the preliminary results of assessment of regional transport system in Budapest.