Understanding Access to Grocery Stores in Food Deserts in Baltimore City
As American cities have seen a change in land uses in urban areas, with stores moving to suburban areas increasing the reliance on cars, many urban areas are left with a lack of accessible quality food options. These “food desert” locations, where residents lack both access and sufficient economic resources to purchase healthy food, result in health disparities for residents in these communities. Decades of population loss in Baltimore have resulted in nearly one in four residents living in food deserts. The objective of this project is two-fold: (1) determine a food desert score or metric that takes into account public transportation access as well as vehicle ownership and (2) understand how people who live in food deserts access grocery stores.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $59959
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Contract Numbers:
69A43551747123
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Sponsor Organizations:
U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Urban Mobility & Equity Center
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD United States 21251 -
Project Managers:
Tucker-Thomas, Dawn
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Performing Organizations:
1700 E. Coldspring Lane
Baltimore, Maryland United States 21251 -
Principal Investigators:
Chavis, Celeste
Jones, Anita
- Start Date: 20170601
- Expected Completion Date: 20190930
- Actual Completion Date: 20201021
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Automobile ownership; Deserts; Food; Health; Public transit; Residential location; Urban areas; Welfare economics
- Geographic Terms: Baltimore (Maryland)
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01637697
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Urban Mobility & Equity Center
- Contract Numbers: 69A43551747123
- Files: UTC, RiP
- Created Date: Jun 2 2017 3:29PM