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Federal and state agencies focus on providing captive users in mobility-vulnerable population groups with access to public transit resources. One challenge to the provision of equitable access is quantifying equity-oriented metrics for public transit service. This paper utilizes an approach that relies on available transit network characteristics and spatial demographic data to quantify multimodal transit connectivity and equity. This method is illustrated by analyzing transit connectivity for three metropolitan cities in the state of Tennessee and overlaying that connectivity on demographic data. Results indicate that the distribution of transit services among vulnerable populations varies within and between cities. The case studies show how this methodology can be used by public agencies to assess the performance of transit systems, and to enhance those systems to improve the equity of transit connectivity.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE60 Standing Committee on Accessible Transportation and Mobility. Equity of Transit Connectivity in Tennessee Cities: This is an alternate title.

18-03485

English

6p

2018

Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Connectivity; Equity; Metrics (Quantitative assessment); Metropolitan areas; Multimodal transportation; Public transit

Tennessee

Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018 Paper #18-03485

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Jan 8 2018 10:51AM