Investigating unmet travel needs in disadvantaged and rural communities: Can sustainable transportation meet these needs?
Disadvantaged, low-income, rural, and tribal communities, often collectively referred to as underserved or priority populations, have less access to transportation infrastructure, face more barriers in getting around, and are underrepresented in the transition to sustainable and electric transportation. Using results from a California wide questionnaire survey that overrepresents priority populations, the study team will investigate unmet and suppressed travel needs, whether sustainable transportation can meet those needs, and what policy, practice, and infrastructure interventions can support sustainable transportation in these communities. The research will give insight into communities that are typically not included in large numbers in travel surveys, which means their transportation needs, unmet and suppressed travel needs, and any barriers they face in adopting sustainable transportation are as not well understood in quantitative research. The results will inform policy, practice, and infrastructure programs that aim to create a more equitable and just transportation system by providing insight on the nature of unmet and suppressed travel, including types of destinations (e.g., work, education, health) populations cannot access or have difficulties in accessing, their preferred mode to reach that location, and whether sustainable transportation can meet these unmet needs (in addition to meeting currently met needs).
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Programmed
- Funding: $99999
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552348309
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
METRANS Transportation Consortium
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA United States -
Project Managers:
Hong, Jennifer
Bruner, Britain
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Principal Investigators:
Hardman, Scott
Barajas, Jesus
- Start Date: 20240815
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20250815
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Rural areas; Sustainable transportation; Transportation equity; Travel surveys; Underserved communities
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Society; Transportation (General);
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01928984
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348309
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Aug 27 2024 5:47PM