Data-Driven Tools for Transportation Efficiency and Community Health

Factors related to transportation and mobility of people and goods have an impact on communities. Atlanta’s twenty-five Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) play an important role in providing input to variety of issues and help shape transportation planning and prioritize development efforts in the city.  However, NPU’s often lack access to comprehensive, data-driven granular insights into transportation infrastructure, mobility and safety, and community impacts. This project will identify, inventory, and analyze available data to describe transportation efficiency, safety, and community issues and challenges in the city of Atlanta and present analytical results aimed to inform NPU leaders and promote effective understanding of transportation priorities at the local community level. The developed tools, rooted in geospatially driven analysis will empower NPU leaders to effectively advocate for local interest with city administrators and policymakers.  In conjunction with viewing Atlanta holistically, this research aims to look closer and break down interconnected issues related to efficient mobility, safety, community health and derive detailed, localized strategies and metrics. By integrating transportation and other relevant datasets into a geospatial framework, this project will assist NPU leadership and stakeholders to prioritize and recommend targeted strategies to enhance mobility options and improve overall community well-being.  

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $60,824.00
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348329

• 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:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Project Managers:

  Ocon, Monica

• Performing Organizations:

  Morehouse School of Medicine

  720 Westview Dr. SW
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30310

  Georgia Tech University, Atlanta

  Atlanta, GA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Yan, Fengxia

  Mayberry, Robert

• Start Date: 20260301
• Expected Completion Date: 20270630
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
• Source Data: 03-14-MSM

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data analysis; Health; Mobility; Neighborhoods; Regional planning; Safety; Spatial analysis; Transportation planning
• Geographic Terms: Atlanta (Georgia)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01981716
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348329
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 5 2026 12:24PM