Measuring Non-motorized Accessibility: Issues, Alternatives, and Execution

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
3:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m., CST

Mechanical Engineering Building, Room 1130
111 Church Street SE, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities - East Bank

While the transportation planning literature contains many examples of the calculation of measures of accessibility for urban areas, these measures are largely restricted to motorized modes and to a handful of destination activities. This presentation explores the issues related to developing accessibility measures for non-motorized modes, namely bicycling and walking. I note that difficulties in calculating accessibility measures arise primarily from problems with data quality, the zonal structure of transportation planning models, and the adequacy of models and travel networks for describing and predicting travel by non-motorized modes. I present some practical methods for addressing these issues including in-depth analysis of existing travel data and merging various GIS data files. The application of these methods is illustrated by calculating accessibility measures for a small study area in Minneapolis, MN (USA). The presentation concludes with some lessons learned from the process of developing non-motorized accessibility measures and ideas about their applicability to the practice of transportation planning.

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• Measuring Non-motorized Accessibility: Issues, Alternatives, and Execution (4 MB PDF)

Speaker

Kevin Krizek, Associate Professor of Planning, Design, and Civil Engineering at the University of Colorado and Director of the Active Communities / Transportation (ACT) Research Group

Workshop webcast

A free video webcast of this event was provided by the Center for Transportation Studies. If you were unable to view this workshop live, you can view a recording of this webcast.

Parking and Transit

Parking is available at the Washington Avenue Ramp at the Oak Street Ramp two blocks further east. For transit information call Metro Transit at 612-373-3333 or visit www.metrotransit.org.

Sponsors

This event is sponsored by the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies through a grant provided by the McKnight Foundation.

Cost

There is no cost to attend. Registration is not required.

Credit

Each workshop may qualify for Professional Development Hours.