Changing Access to Public Transportation and the Potential for Increased Travel

With nationwide declines in public transportation ridership, transit may be falling behind in its ability tohelp cities deal with congestion. Increasing real-estate values are causing the economic displacement of low-income populations, those most closely associated with transit ridership. A plethora of new mobility options are providing alternatives for transit riders who can afford them and even for those who require subsidy. But how will access to transit, ridership, and congestion be impacted by these shifts in demographics and the introduction of new mobility services? In thrust 1, the team assessed the impacts of low-income individuals and families moving to the periphery of communities, i.e., the suburbanization of poverty, on public transit. In addition, this thrust provided a detailed analysis of sociodemographic and accessibility changes over time. In thrust 2, the study team developed a novel approach to understand how levels of transit service and demographics impact transit ridership on a highly specific spatial and temporal scale. In thrust 3, the study team developed a better understanding of the interactions between public transit and transportation network company (TNC) providers. In thrust 4, the study team documented the rapid evolution of paratransit services available to access healthcare. Although the research in all four thrusts focused on specific areas of the southeast US, the results are applicable nationally to aid transit and regional planning agencies.

• Record URL:
  https://stride.ce.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/A2-Abstract.pdf
• Record URL:
  https://stride.ce.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/STRIDE-Project-A2-Final-Report-Watkins-FINAL-updated.pdf
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Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $352920
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747104

• 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:

  Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)

  University of Florida
  365 Weil Hall
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611
• Project Managers:

  Tucker-Thomas, Dawn

• Performing Organizations:

  Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

  790 Atlantic Drive
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30332-0355

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  UNC-CH New East Building
  Campus Box #3140
  Chapel Hill, North Carolina  United States  27599-3140

  North Carolina State University, Raleigh

  Department of Civil Engineering, Campus Box 7908
  Raleigh, NC  United States  27695-7908

  University of Florida Transportation Institute

  P.O. Box 116580
  Gainesville, FL  United States  32611
• Principal Investigators:

  Watkins, Kari

• Start Date: 20180801
• Expected Completion Date: 20200331
• Actual Completion Date: 20210622
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Demand responsive transportation; Demographics; Impacts; Low income groups; Paratransit services; Public transit; Ridership; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Travel demand
• Identifier Terms: Lyft; Uber
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01679760
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747104
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 27 2018 12:18PM