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Average opportunity-based accessibility of public transit systems to grocery stores in small urban areas

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This research studies the accessibility of grocery stores to university students using the public transportation system, drawing from a case study of Fargo, North Dakota. Taking into consideration the combined travel time components of walking, riding, and waiting, this study measures two types of accessibilities: accessibility to reach a particular place and accessibility to reach the bus stop to ride the public transit system. These two accessibilities are interdependent and cannot perform without each other. A new method to calculate the average accessibility measure for the transit routes is proposed. A step-wise case study analysis indicates that one route provides accessibility to a grocery store in eight minutes. This also suggests that the North Dakota State University area has moderate accessibility to grocery stores.

Source: Cogent Engineering

DOI: 10.1080/23311916.2015.1068968

Authors: Nimish Dharmadhikari, EunSu Lee

Institutions: Indian Nations Council of Governments, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University

Language: English

Topic: Urban Transport and Accessibility

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Sustainable cities and communities, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,165