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Title: Access to Opportunity through Equitable Transportation: Technical Appendix

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: This appendix documents the technical steps supporting the Access to Opportunity through Equitable Transportation report and the “The Unequal Commute: Examining Inequities in Four Metro Areas’ Transportation Systems” feature. In the report, we examine transportation equity and inclusion in different types of metropolitan regions and explore how these regions might track and improve transportation equity over time. We draw on case studies of four Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) facing different barriers to providing equitable transportation: the Seattle, Washington, MSA, a West Coast region that faces exponential growth and housing affordability issues; the Lansing, Michigan, MSA, a smaller Midwestern metro with a state capital and university; the Baltimore, Maryland, MSA, an East Coast metro with fiscal challenges and a declining population; and the Nashville, Tennessee, MSA, a sprawling southern metro with population growth but low population density in many areas. In the feature, we display results from a quantitative analysis that examines access to opportunity through transportation in these four case study cities. In this document, we detail the data sources and methodology used in our analyses.

Url: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2020/10/01/access_to_opportunity_-_technical_appendix.pdf

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Authors: Stern, Alena; Stacy, Christina; Blagg, Kristin; Su, Yipeng; Noble, Eleanor; Rainer, Macy; Ezike, Richard

Publisher: Urban nstitute

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Topics: Land Use/Urban Organization

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