Measuring Access Using Crowdsourced Travel Behavior Data –the Easy Button to Real Access and Equity?

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• Creators:
  Lasley, Phil ; Wang, Olivia ; Kong, Jack ; Gregory, Jordan ; Venditti, Carly
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas A&M Transportation Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  National Institute for Congestion Reduction ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Accessibility
  • Access
  • Performance measurement
  • Mobility
  • Equity (Justice)
  • Gravity models
  • Theory
  • Travel time
  • Origin and destination
  • Data space-time
  More +
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.5038/CUTR-NICR-Y2-2-4
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report September 1, 2021 – May 31, 2023
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of South Florida. National Institute for Congestion Reduction
• Abstract:
  Integrating accessibility into transportation planning seeks to improve policy and programming decisions that ensure congestion mitigation measures, encourage transportation equity, and improve urban livability. Traditional accessibility measures and methods have largely focused on modeling and/or estimation procedures, displaying a hypothetical universe of access—not where travel actually occurs. This research developed a suite of measures to assess accessibility, taking advantage of available crowdsourced origin destination data to identify accessibility from real data rather than a modeled approach. The measures are calculated for all U.S. urban areas to inform congestion-mitigation decision-making based on actual travel behaviors. The results of this work will help transportation planners and policy makers understand where access is (or is not) adequately provided to identify appropriate and innovative solutions for shifting travel behavior to more equitable and sustainable approaches. The 2021 Urban Mobility Report and website will include the results of the research.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551947136, 79075-00 SUB B
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/76484/dot_76484_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.95 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3c13ab96677eb7decdf191473c5a04010c37a96838967d395ee0f48fcf904ecfc2a6b07c2c512106b65ad3d54d6d3325316d392d46f6931f93357e39441936d9