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Development of Framework for Identifying Mobility Desert

dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yu
dc.contributor.authorChen, Peng
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Yujie
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-24T21:29:31Z
dc.date.available2022-02-24T21:29:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-02-16
dc.descriptionFinal Reporten_US
dc.description.abstractProviding all means of travel facilitates people’s access to jobs, healthcare, critical activities, and other services. To enable equal multi-modal mobility services to the public, it is important to evaluate equity in accessing different travel modes. In this study, we proposed a concept called “multi-modal deserts” and developed an approach to identify them. Multi-modal deserts refer to areas with limited mobility services that constrain people from accessing services and opportunities. Framed under multi-modality, multivariate outlier detection was applied to identify areas’ mobility services that significantly deviate from other areas by analyzing road network factors and travel modes. Downtown Tampa, Florida, was selected as an empirical case to demonstrate the proposed method, and 11 multi-modal deserts were identified among 182 Census Block Groups. In addition, spider charts were used to illustrate and compare the features of these multi-modal deserts. The results show that two multi-modal deserts in central Downtown Tampa have the highest poverty ratios and have very limited access to all travel modes. For such multi-modal deserts, transit and shared micromobility need to be better served in a way to enrich the travel mode choices for low-income residents. Other multi-modal deserts are at the edge of Downtown Tampa, which has no access to shared micromobility and limited access to transit. The results will help local authorities identify mobility gaps by better allocating resources and improving equal access to opportunities for all citizens.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Department of Transportation 69A3551747119en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/111008
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectMulti-modal deserten_US
dc.subjectOutlier detectionen_US
dc.subjectTransportation equityen_US
dc.subjectMode accessen_US
dc.titleDevelopment of Framework for Identifying Mobility Deserten_US
dc.title.alternativeIdentifying multi-modal deserts: a multivariate outlier detection approachen_US
dc.typereporten_US
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