Movements within the city area mainly regulated by the various purposes likes work, shopping, recreational activities. Accessibility is related to ease of access while mobility is related to ease of movement. In literature review different concept and components of accessibility is analyses with the help of available research. There is importance of accessibility in urban planning along with different factors affecting it, which plays major role for the preparation of transportation plan of city regarding various trips within the city area. Though there are many accessibility measures techniques but out of this gravity accessibility measures and cumulative accessibility measures are very important as they consider land use factors for evaluation purpose of accessibility. It also discusses different case studies related to accessibility based planning related to children which will provide overview of application of different accessibility measure in city to improve performance of transportation system. As per the limited study conducted for the Indian city, it is observed that in most of the Indian cities accessibility to the transportation services criteria is neglected which directly leads to different transportation issues within the city. So based on literature available we can conclude that Accessibility gives us authority for analyzing actual accessibility against the indicators due to which accessibility problems can be identified, addressed and monitored in better possible way so that sustainable transportation can be achieved in efficient manner.

Accessibility, Evaluation, Planning, Transportation