Evaluating Transportation Equity: An Intermetropolitan Comparison of Regional Accessibility and Urban Form

Details

• Creators:
  Grengs, Joe ; Levine, Jonathan ; Shen, Qingyun
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Michigan. Urban and Regional Planning
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Transit Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Metropolitan areas
  • Public transit
  • Population
  • Transit riders
  • Minorities
  • Low income groups
  • Equity (Justice)
  • Accessibility
  • Evaluation
  • Urban areas
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FTA Report No. 0066
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1503599
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration. Office of Civil Rights
• Abstract:
  The concept of accessibility is used as the measurement tool to assess the link between social equity and the built environment because it simultaneously accounts for both land-use patterns and a transportation system. This study compares 25 metropolitan regions to identify those regions that best support high accessibility for transit-dependent populations, racial minorities, and low-income households. Comparing across metropolitan regions enables a better understanding of which regions offer greater geographic equity in accessibility, and what factors underpin these differences. The analysis demonstrates that accessibility can be evaluated across multiple dimensions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  MI-26-8002-00
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29285/dot_29285_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.19 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Federal Transit Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:7bd00136d85412b617c59f51d054afc5790eb9c20e90dc44718e8ef1922d1e7f