Accessibility Metrics Research

Research Reports

• Access Across America: Biking 2021
  July 2023, Report no. CTS 23-07
• Access Across America: Auto 2021
  July 2023, Report no. CTS 23-06
• Access Across America: Transit 2021
  July 2023, Report no. CTS 23-08
• Advancing Equity in Accessibility and Travel Experiences: The Role of Gender and Identity
  May 2023, Report no. MnDOT 2023-10
• Access Across America: Auto 2020
  March 2023, Report no. CTS 23-01
• Access Across America: Biking 2020
  March 2023, Report no. CTS 23-02
• Access Across America: Transit 2020
  March 2023, Report no. CTS 23-03
• Transitway Buildout Improves Accessibility to Nonwork Destinations (Research Brief)
  August 2021, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2021-03
• A Toolkit for Community Engagement in Transitway Planning (Research Brief)
  August 2021, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2021-02
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity Along Transitways: Toward a Mixed-Methods Toolkit - Part 2
  March 2021, Report no. CTS 21-05
• TIRP Digital Engagement Platforms Spreadsheet
  March 2021, Report no. CTS 21-05 spreadsheet
• Study measures job access for Twin Cities transitway scenarios (Research Brief)
  February 2021, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2021-01
• Access Across America: Auto 2019
  February 2021, Report no. CTS 21-01
• Access Across America: Auto 2019 Methodology
  February 2021, Report no. CTS 21-02
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity Along Transitways: Toward a Mixed Methods Toolkit - Part 1
  January 2021, Report no. CTS 21-04
• Access Across America: Biking 2019
  November 2020, Report no. CTS 20-15
• Access Across America: Biking 2019 Methodology
  November 2020, Report no. CTS 20-16
• Access Across America: Transit 2019
  October 2020, Report no. CTS 20-09
• Access Across America: Transit 2019 Methodology
  October 2020, Report no. CTS 20-10
• Transitway Investment: Higher GDP, Job Growth, and Accessibility (Research Brief)
  July 2020, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2020-02
• Value of Transitways to Regional Economies: National and Twin Cities Perspectives
  April 2020, Report no. CTS 20-08
• Access Across America: Auto 2018
  April 2020, Report no. CTS 20-03
• Access Across America: Auto 2018 Methodology
  April 2020, Report no. CTS 20-04
• Accessibility Evaluation of Transitways in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region
  April 2020, Report no. CTS 20-06
• Access Across America: Transit 2018
  February 2020, Report no. CTS 20-01
• Access Across America: Transit 2018 Methodology
  February 2020, Report no. CTS 20-02
• Planning for Disruption: Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
  September 2019, Report no. CTS 19-28
• Access Across America: Biking 2017
  July 2019, Report no. CTS 19-19
• Access Across America: Biking 2017 Methodology
  July 2019, Report no. CTS 19-20
• Accessibility and Behavior Impacts of Bus-Highway System Interactions
  April 2019, Report no. MnDOT 2019-17
• Access Across America: Auto 2017
  October 2018, Report no. CTS 18-16
• Access Across America: Auto 2017 Methodology
  October 2018, Report no. CTS 18-17
• Access Across America: Transit 2017
  June 2018, Report no. CTS 18-12
• Access Across America: Transit 2017 Methodology
  June 2018, Report no. CTS 18-13
• Access Across America: Auto 2016
  April 2018, Report no. CTS 18-08
• Access Across America: Transit 2016 Methodology
  November 2017, Report no. CTS 17-08
• Access Across America: Transit 2016
  November 2017, Report no. CTS 17-07
• Access Across America: Transit 2015 Methodology
  December 2016, Report no. CTS 16-10
• Access Across America: Transit 2015
  December 2016, Report no. CTS 16-09
• Access Across America: Auto 2015
  September 2016, Report no. CTS 16-07
• Access to Destinations: Annual Accessibility Measure for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
  November 2012, Report no. MnDOT 2012-34
• Using Twin Cities Destinations and Their Accessibility as a Multimodal Planning Tool
  February 2012, Report no. MnDOT 2012-05
• A New Approach to Understanding and Measuring Transportation and Land Use: An Access to Destinations Study Research Brief
  May 2011, Report no. CTS Research Brief 2011-02
• Measuring What Matters: Access to Destinations
  August 2010, Report no. CTS 10-11
• Access to Destinations: Measuring Accessibility by Automobile
  March 2010, Report no. Mn/DOT 2010-09
• Access to Destinations: Monitoring Land Use Activity Changes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region
  July 2008, Report no. Mn/DOT 2008-26
• Asking the Right Questions About Transportation and Land Use: Access to Destinations Research Summary No. 1
  March 2007, Report no. CTS 07-03
• Access to Destinations: Development of Accessibility Measures
  May 2006, Report no. MnDOT 2006-16

Active and Completed Research Projects

• Rural Mobility and Access: Leveraging Big Data Analytics and Context-Aware Computing
  (01/2024), Status: Active
• Access in Appalachia Pilot Implementation
  (04/2022), Status: Active
• National Accessibility Evaluation 2021 Metropolitan Council
  (01/2022), Status: Completed
• Advancing Equity in Accessibility and Travel Experiences: The Role of Gender and Identity
  (05/2021), Status: Completed
• National Accessibility Evaluation Phase II
  (02/2021), Status: Active
• National Accessibility Evaluation - Metropolitan Council Year 2
  (09/2020), Status: Completed
• Equitable Access to Healthcare Through Improved Access to Transportation
  (01/2020), Status: Completed
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways (Design)
  (12/2019), Status: Completed
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways
  (09/2019), Status: Completed
• Addressing Accessibility and Equity along Transitways (MN Met Council)
  (09/2019), Status: Completed
• National Accessibility Evaluation Years 4-5
  (02/2019), Status: Completed
• National Accessibility Evaluation, 2018-2019
  (10/2018), Status: Completed
• Value of Transitways to Regional Economies: National and Twin Cities Perspectives
  (10/2018), Status: Completed
• The Road Towards Equity in the Twin Cities: Envisioning the future of Vehicle Automation, Job Access and Equity in the 21st Century
  (03/2018), Status: Completed
• Full-Day Accessibility Evaluation of Transit Systems Using GPS-Based Location Data
  (03/2017), Status: Completed
• Accessibility and Behavior Impacts of Bus-Highway System Interactions
  (06/2016), Status: Completed
• Those who Need it Most: Maximizing Transit Accessibility and Removing Barriers to Employment in Areas of Concentrated Poverty (Phase 3-Hennepin County)
  (12/2015), Status: Completed
• National Accessibility Evaluation
  (07/2015), Status: Completed
• Regional Accessibility Website
  (03/2015), Status: Completed
• Safety in Numbers? Accessibility, Traffic, and Safety of Nonmotorized Travelers
  (08/2014), Status: Completed
• Annual Accessibility Measure for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region
  (09/2011), Status: Completed
• Computing Auto Accessibility to Other Destinations
  (01/2011), Status: Completed
• Using Twin Cities Destinations and their Accessibility as a Multimodal Planning Tool
  (09/2010), Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations, Phase 3: Measuring Accessibility by Automobile
  (08/2008), Status: Completed
• Value of Reliability
  (05/2008), Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Monitoring land use activity changes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan region
  (07/2006), Status: Completed
• Access to Destinations: Development of Accessibility Measures
  (12/2004), Status: Completed