Access to Destinations: Monitoring land use activity changes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan region
Principal Investigator:
David Levinson, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
Co-Investigator:
- Ahmed El-Geneidy , Former University Researcher, Civil Engineering
Project Summary:
This research examines changes in land use activity over time in the Twin Cities metropolitan region as a part of the Access to Destinations research program coordinated by the Center for Transportation Studies. Any accessibility measure has two main components. The first is land use activity or attraction; the second is the transportation system including network impedance. In a typical land use and transportation cycle, any change in land use is expected to lead to changes in transportation. By the same token, change in transportation infrastructure and/or characteristics is expected to lead to changes in land use. A full understanding of the consequences of these changes is essential to the success of any accessibility project. This research develops a land use change prediction model that can be integrated with network growth models to help in developing measures of accessibility over time. This model will assist in understanding the consequences of changes in land use activity in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region while accounting for changes in, and effects of, the transportation system.
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Project Details:
- Start date: 07/2006
- Project Status: Completed
- Research Area: Planning and Environment
- Topics: Planning