Development of Accessibility Measures

Principal Investigator:

David Levinson, Department of Civil Engineering

Research Component:

Measuring accessibility

Sponsor:

Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status:

Complete

Project Summary:

The goal of this research is to develop a set of performance measurements that can be used to analyze historic land use and travel time data, including data on the freeway networks, surface streets, transit systems, and non-motorized travel, in order to understand accessibility: the relative ability to reach destinations on a transportation network. These measures can be used in a variety of operational planning and public involvement activities of transportation agencies to ascertain how investments, transportation strategies and land use policies affect the performance of the transportation-land use system. This research includes working with staff of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) to define possible performance measures, and extends previous research.

Research Report:

Access to Destinations: Development of Accessibility Measures
Ahmed M. El-Geneidy, David M. Levinson
Report no. Mn/DOT 2006-16, Series: Access to Destinations Study
125 pages
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