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Title:

Access to Community Resources for the Elderly: Illustration Based on Transportation Network Analysis

Accession Number:

01020886

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

This paper discusses the need for, and the illustration of, a methodology for accessing community-based resources by older resident populations. The methodology involves: (1) identifying census blocks groups with older populations that can be characterized as at “high -risk” and “moderate -risk” for vulnerability in a community setting; (2) geocoding locations of community-based resources (e.g. health and social services, law enforcement and emergency services, and local government offices); (3) conducting a transportation network analysis; and (4) identifying the best travel path for older residents to access various needed community resources. “High -risk” and “moderate -risk” census blocks groups are identified as a function of the older population below the poverty threshold, the elderly population with one or more disabilities, and the older population living alone in the census block group. Network analysis tools in standard Geographic Information System (GIS) software are used to identify the best travel path to access community resources from “high -risk” and “moderate -risk” census block groups. The best travel path is identified based on travel distance, travel time, traffic volumes, number of intersections along the path, and the number of crashes involving older residents. The methodology is illustrated using data from a project that used GIS methods to indicate the physical relationship of older sub-populations on the “east-side” valley of the Las Vegas, Nevada metropolitan area to needed community resources.

Monograph Accession #:

01020180

Report/Paper Numbers:

06-1964

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Pulugurtha, Srinivas Subrahmanyam
Krishnakumar, Vanjeeswaran
Hirshorn, Barbara
Stewart, John

Pagination:

12p

Publication Date:

2006

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (3) ; References (6) ; Tables (1)

Geographic Terms:

Las Vegas Metropolitan Area

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-1964

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 3 2006 10:50AM