Access to Destinations Study, no. 9

11381002009Final ReportPDFTech ReportMN/RC 2009-24(c) 89261 (wo) 75AccessibilityBicyclingPublic transitTransportation planningWalkingHighwaysPedestrians and BicyclistsPlanning and ForecastngPublic TransportationI72: Traffic and Transport PlanningUnited StatesMinnesotaMinnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Research Services SectionKrizek, Kevin J.Iacono, MichaelEl-Geneidy, Ahmed M.Liao, Chen-FuJohns, RobertUniversity of Colorado at DenverUniversity of Minnesota, Duluth. Department of Civil EngineeringMinnesota. Dept. of TransportationUniversity of Minnesota. Center for Transportation StudiesMcGill University, Montreal. School of Urban Planning.US Transportation CollectionConventional transportation planning is often focused on improving movement (or mobility)\u2014most often by the automobile. To the extent that accessibility, a well-known concept in the transportation planning field since the 1950s, has been measured or used in transportation planning, such measures have also been auto-based. Broadening the scope of accessibility to include a wide array of destinations and non-auto modes such as walking, cycling, and transit has been previously proposed as a much needed aim among planning initiatives. A central issue is that to date, however, there have been few examples of measures draw from. When it comes to bicycling, walking, and transit measures of accessibility are an endeavor long on rhetoric but short on execution. This report discusses such hurdles, presents alternatives for overcoming them, and demonstrates how accessibility for walking, cycling, and transit\u2014and for different types of destinations\u2014can be reliably measured. We focus on explaining specific features of non-motorized transportation that complicate the development of accessibility measures, and offer solutions that conform to conventional transportation planning practice. In this research project, non-motorized measures of accessibility were developed for the entire seven counties of the Twin Cities (Minnesota, USA) metropolitan area