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Title: Transit Accessibility: Equity in Mobility for Vulnerable Population Groups; Practices and Possibilities
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2018
ISBN: 9780355950991
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Abstract: Accessibility describes the ability to gain entry or access from a system or entity through the provision of resources available for use with ease and without challenges. Lapses of equality in transport policies including segregation of low-income groups in policy considerations, centralization of economic and social centers in urban centers and transport infrastructure inadequacy are typical features of many suburban areas and other developing cities. Socio-economic indicators serve as a controlling variable of patterns, frequency, and behavior of trips of socially dependent population groups. The research is carried out Syracuse, NY. It explicitly investigates the variation of transit operations and bus stop accessibility across neighborhoods by providing information on the quality of public transportation available to residents. Census, IPUMS, and real-time GTFS data were analyzed using SPSS and ArcGIS to establish the level of equity in accessibility to transportation available to low-income and needy neighborhoods which constitutes the highest density of vulnerable population class. Regression statistical technique was also incorporated to determine the most significant factors affecting transit accessibility. The results of the study reveal that disability status, access to private transportation and poverty level influences the level of transit accessibility they witness during mobility. The elderly constitute the majority of the vulnerable group while they travel mostly for half an hour to meet their mobility needs. Downtown Syracuse offers a low level of accessibility despite the high trip frequency of residents than the city’s local and remote neighborhoods. Also, there is a high degree of traffic and mobility attributable to the availability of public service centers and a large number of business concentrations.
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Authors: Olowo, Fuad, O
Institution: State University of New York at Binghamton
Department: Geography
Advisor: Newberry, Jay L.
Degree: M.A.
Publisher Location: New York, US
Pages: 93
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Other, Population Data Science, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography
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