Employment-Worker Balance & Polycentric Transit-Oriented Development: Towards an Index
This dissertation will further National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC) goals to increase access to employment opportunities and provide better models for an increasingly complex transportation system. It will consider the effectiveness of transit-oriented development (TOD) at addressing the equity challenge of urban residential isolation from relevant employment centers. Theories of compact urban development posit that employment-worker balance (EWB) is a key component of transit oriented development (TOD) and is aided by developing the built environment in a polycentric configuration. This approach creates multiple centers of various levels of land use intensity and transportation network interconnectivity. Empirical testing of these premises has yet to be sufficiently carried out. Recent research has furthered the task by i) identifying the degree of centering in the built environment, and ii) deepening the methodological robustness of measuring the employment-worker balance. This dissertation will take the next step by clarifying the measurement of EWB by producing an index that reveals the multidimensional latent processes underlying it, and their many unique regimes across space. Further, it will extend the existing TOD literature by empirically testing the interface between polycentric development and EWB. The results will be of use to the practitioner and policy maker interested in advancing normative goals of equity through greater accessibility.
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Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $15000
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Contract Numbers:
NITC-1440
69A3551747112
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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:
TREC at Portland State University
1900 SW Fourth Ave, Suite 175
P.O. Box 751
Portland, Oregon United States 97201 -
Performing Organizations:
PO Box 210072
Tucson, AZ United States 85721 -
Principal Investigators:
Hibberd, Robert
- Start Date: 20200601
- Expected Completion Date: 20221231
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Built environment; Employment; Equity (Justice); Social factors; Transit oriented development; Urban areas
- Subject Areas: Design; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01745995
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Institute for Transportation and Communities
- Contract Numbers: NITC-1440, 69A3551747112
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jul 23 2020 11:05AM