The Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota. Measuring access to destinations for transportation analysis, performance mgmt, and planning.
University of Minnesota
Joined January 2014
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Next week we’ll begin reviewing applicants for our two(!) open Researcher positions. If you want to work on implementing and advancing national-scale measurement of multimodal destination access (and, seriously, who doesn’t?) then apply here!
hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/3431…
JOB ALERT! We have openings for two full-time researchers to support our National Accessibility Evaluation and other projects. Big networks, big maps, big data.
Details & application links: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/3431…
Trying out a new slogan — “Providing a Sense of the Dismal Results Since 2015!”
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“[Access] may be the single most important thing we should be measuring about our transport systems — but that we usually don’t.”
humantransit.org/2021/03/bas…
This spring we’re launching Phase II of our National Accessibility Evaluation project, which will expand our access data beyond jobs to include new destination types like education and healthcare
twin-cities.umn.edu/news-eve…
OpenStreetMap is “critical infrastructure” for us, too. joemorrison.medium.com/opens…
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Did you miss last month’s webinar on The Future of Access Across America? We’ve posted a recording:
access.umn.edu/events/2020/i…
We calculated the potential job access benefits of planned Twin Cities transitways, including C, B, D, and E Lines; Gold Line; and Green Line extension
cts.umn.edu/publications/cat…
Today! 11 am – 12 pm CT
Webinar on the future of Access Across America. Learn about the National Accessibility Evaluation, the importance of measuring access to destinations, and how your organization can get involved.
Register: access.umn.edu/events/2020/i…
Tomorrow: Webinar on the future of Access Across America.
Learn how your DOT, MPO, or city can participate in measuring multimodal access to destinations!
June 11, 11am – 12pm CDT
Register: access.umn.edu/events/2020/i…
Thursday: Webinar on the future of Access Across America. The INVEST act has a lot to say about measuring access to destinations! We’ll discuss how that relates to our National Accessibility Evaluation project.
June 11, 11 am – 12 pm CDT
Register: access.umn.edu/events/2020/i…
Next week: Webinar on the future of Access Across America. We'll discuss how we've measured nationwide access to jobs over the past 5 years, and our plans to continue and expand this project over the next 5.
June 11, 2020, 11 am – 12 pm CT
Register: access.umn.edu/events/2020/i…
Next week: Webinar on the future of Access Across America. Learn about the National Accessibility Evaluation, the importance of measuring access to destinations, and how your organization can get involved.
June 11, 2020, 11 am – 12 pm CT
Register: access.umn.edu/events/2020/i…
“The Access to Opportunities Project is a research initiative … to study transport accessibility and inequalities in access to opportunities in Brazilian Cities”
Very happy to see national accessibility evaluation projects taking off in other countries!
ipea.gov.br/acessooportunida…
It’s “Connecting people to jobs and services week” at @T4America:
“It’s time to define transportation success by what actually matters to people” — reaching destinations safely, quickly, and affordably.
t4america.org/2019/11/19/its…
Recently published: Commute mode share and access to jobs across US metropolitan areas
Transit accessibility alone explains much of the variation in transit mode share in 48 metropolitan areas (adjusted R² = 0.61)
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One of the challenges in this line of analysis is that accessibility is widely theorized to have a declining marginal utility. There’s research needed to determine the value of the 1,000th reachable job relative to the value of the 1,000,000th.
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World Bank report on Universal Urban Access recommends that urban transportation planning be “comprehensive, multimodal, and accessibility-based” and that “all cities should implement accessibility evaluation and mapping programs” pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/585…