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Evaluating neighborhood accessibility: possibilities and practicalities
Susan L Handy,Kelly J. Clifton +1 more
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The factors that contribute to accessibility at the neighborhood level are identified and different ways that planners can evaluate neighborhood accessibility are explored.Abstract:
Efforts to improve transportation choices and enhance accessibility at the neighborhood level have been hampered by a lack of practical planning tools. This paper identifies the factors that contribute to accessibility at the neighborhood level and explores different ways that planners can evaluate neighborhood accessibility. A gap between the data needed to describe important accessibility factors and the data readily available to local planning departments points to two complementary strategies: a city-wide approach using available data and geographic information systems to evaluate accessibility to neighborhoods across the city, and a neighborhood specific approach to building a detailed accessibility database. Examples are presented of both.read more
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