Parcel-Level Land Use Data Acquisition and Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility

Principal Investigator:

Kevin Krizek, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Co-Investigator:

Ahmed El-Geneidy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Research component:

Measuring accessibility

Sponsors:

Hennepin County; Minnesota Department of Transportation

Status:

Complete

Project Summary:

This work will develop GIS coverages (across the entire Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan region) that reliably represent the types of destinations and activities to which people travel. This project requires highly detailed data to adequately capture the small-scale types of land use that are more likely to be influenced by transit, cycling, or walking. The core of this project will be to obtain (from secondary sources), manage, clean, tailor, and in some cases collect parcel-level land uses for the seven-county metro area. Where data on parcel-level land uses are not appropriate or applicable (e.g., in the case of mixed-use parcels) it may be necessary to rely on employment data.

Research Report:

Access to Destinations: Parcel-Level Land Use Data Acquisition and Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
Jessica Horning, Ahmed M. El-Geneidy, Kevin Krizek
Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-19, Series: Access to Destinations Study
43 pages
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