Changing Access to Public Transportation and the Potential for Increased Travel

With nationwide declines in public transportation ridership, transit may be falling behind in its ability to help cities deal with congestion. Increasing real-estate values are causing the economic displacement of low-income populations, those most closely associated with transit ridership. A plethora of new mobility options are providing alternatives for transit riders who can afford them and even for those who require subsidy. But how will access to transit, ridership, and congestion be impacted by these shifts in demographics and the introduction of new mobility services? In thrust 1, the team assessed the impacts of low-income individuals and families moving to the periphery of communities, i.e., the suburbanization of poverty, on public transit. In addition, this thrust provided a detailed analysis of sociodemographic and accessibility changes over time. In thrust 2, the study team developed a novel approach to understand how levels of transit service and demographics impact transit ridership on a highly specific spatial and temporal scale. In thrust 3, the study team developed a better understanding of the interactions between public transit and transportation network company (TNC) providers. In thrust 4, the study team documented the rapid evolution of paratransit services available to access healthcare. Although the research in all four thrusts focused on specific areas of the southeast US, the results are applicable nationally to aid transit and regional planning agencies.

• Dataset URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3758777
• Dataset URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3750169
• Dataset URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3738686
• Record URL:
  https://www.eng.ufl.edu/stride/wp-content/uploads/sites/153/2021/07/STRIDE-Project-A2-Final-Report-Watkins-FINAL-updated.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://stride.ce.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Project-A2-Brief-Part-1-Bardaka-Final-Accessible.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://stride.ce.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Project-A2-Brief-Part-2-Watkins-Final-Accessible-2.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://stride.ce.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Project-A2-Brief-Part-3-Steiner-Final-Accessible.pdf
• Summary URL:
  https://stride.ce.ufl.edu/project-a2/
• Dataset URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58450
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57431
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Supporting datasets available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3758777; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3750169; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3738686; https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58450
• Corporate Authors:

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  Civil and Environmental Engineering
  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Department of City and Regional Planning
  CB 3140, New East Hall
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599-3140

  North Carolina State University, Raleigh

  Raleigh, NC  United States  27695

  University of Florida, Gainesville

  College of Design, Construction and Planning
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611-5701

  Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)

  University of Florida
  365 Weil Hall
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Watkins, Kari E
  • 0000-0002-3824-2027
  • McDonald, Noreen
  • 0000-0002-4854-7035
  • Bardaka, Eleni
  • 0000-0001-8306-4939
  • Steiner, Ruth
  • 0000-0001-7276-3742
  • Bejleri, Ilir
  • 0000-0002-6498-7292
  • Berrebi, Simon
  • 0000-0003-4338-6137
  • Alakshendra, Abhinav
  • 0000-0003-0153-0233
• Publication Date: 2021-6-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Pagination: 132p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Mode choice; Public transit; Ridership; Ridesourcing; Transportation disadvantaged persons
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01778814
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: STRIDE Project A2
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747104
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 9 2021 9:44AM