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Title:

Toward True Multimodal Transportation Accessibility: Data, Measures, and Methods
Cover of Toward True Multimodal Transportation Accessibility: Data, Measures, and Methods

Accession Number:

01625971

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The measure of accessibility becomes particularly relevant in the era when applications and user information based on real-time data feed become factors of major influence on traveling choices and behavior. From the likelihood of choosing alternate modes of transportation, to travel time reliability, and the overall ability to reach desired destinations, transportation accessibility is the measure that truly represents the success of complex multimodal transportation systems from both users and transportation practitioners perspective. This paper presents spatio-temporal measures of accessibility for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users, using the case study of the City of Chicago. The paper summarizes the current challenges in the area of accessibility measurement methodologies, the impediments to implementing accessibility as a performance measure, and the benefits of achieving multimodal accessibility. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate how multimodal accessibility can be used to characterize the quality of transportation service on the city-wide level, and identify the potential benefits and challenges to developing and implementing accessibility measures as a part of the transportation performance measurement efforts that have a direct influence on transportation policy development. The results show the presence of inequity and clear lack of integration of pedestrian, bicyclist, and transit options, particularly outside of the downtown core area of the city.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABJ30 Standing Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-03818

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Tasic, Ivana
Bozic, Claire

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References

Geographic Terms:

Chicago (Illinois)

Subject Areas:

Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-03818

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 11:27AM