National Public Transit Livability Performance Measures
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National Public Transit Livability Performance Measures
Jennifer DillMarc Schlossberg Linda Cherrington
Suzie Edrington Jonathan BrooksDonald HaywardOana McKinney
Neal DowningMartin Catala
Project BackgroundCollaborative Research
Center for Urban Transportation Research @University of South Florida (CUTR)
Oregon Transportation and Research Education Consortium (OTREC)
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)Research Roles
Define Rural MeasuresDefine Urban MeasuresDevelop National Transit Livability Database and
Dashboard
Project GoalsDevelop National Transit Livability
MeasuresInform Stakeholders of livability measuresImpact Decision makers
FTA feedback on outcomes of transit investments
Transit Agencies aware of livability outcomesCommunities consider livable goals
Livability Principles• Enhance the unique characteristics of
all communities by investing in healthy, safe and walkable neighborhoods, whether rural, urban or suburban.
Support Existing
Communities
• Target federal funding toward existing communities – through transit-oriented and land recycling – to revitalize communities, reduce public works costs, and safeguard rural landscapes
Value Communities
and Neighborhoods
• Expand location- and energy-efficient housing choices for people of all ages, incomes, races and ethnicities to increase mobility and lower the combined cost of housing and transportation
Promote Equitable and
Affordable Housing
Livability Principles• Improve economic competitiveness of
neighborhoods by giving people reliable access to employment centers, educational opportunities, services and other basic needs
Enhance Economic Competitiveness
• Provide more transportation choices to decrease household transportation costs, reduce our dependence on oil, improve air quality and promote public health
Provide more transportation
Choices
• Align federal policies and funding to remove barriers to collaboration, leverage funding and increase the effectiveness of programs to plan for future growth.
Coordinate and Leverage Federal
Policies and Investment
Research ResultsDevelopment of Transit Livability Measures
Urban Measures developed Identification of variables that influence urban
ridershipRural Measures developed
Identification of measures directly impacted by transit and aligned with 6 livability measures.
FindingsIncomplete Transit Data (fixed route and
Demand response) BETA dashboard of transit livability
ChallengesIndex Development based on theoretical idea
of Livability National Scale
Many livability variables and measures are local in nature and not available on a national scale.
Data ChallengesLots of data (transit, blocks, streets)Lots of analysis (service area buffers)Lots of HOLES in transit data
Challenge- Development of IndexTTI established straightforward indexing
Challenge with no external validity Any model measuring livability is constrained by the
reality that there can be no empirical observation of what livability is.
Metrics reflect outcomes related to livability principles
Not punitiveInformativeDecile indexing scale 1-10
Challenge- National Scale DataReliable data (accuracy and precision) available at
local levelReasonable alternatives to support development of
Index Rural transit service data characteristics
Manually collectedLand Use and Housing Characteristics
LEHD Data for commercial activity, and employment locations
Urban Fixed Route Service Characteristics GTFS 80% of transit trips covered by agencies with GTFS data
Rural Transit Case Studies
GTFS Agencies
Challenges - DataLarge Data Sets
Census Blocks 11,078,297Block Groups 217,740 recordsCensus Tracts 73,057Census Designated Places 19,540
AnalysisGeographic AnalysisService Area Analysis
Service Area AnalysisTotal Agencies: 215States: 34Total stops: 396,643Total Routes: 8,821
Urban Livability Measures•Percent of Pedestrian Generating Business and Population Served by Transit
Support Existing
Communities
•Intersection Density at Transit Stops
Value Communities and Neighborhoods
•Percent of Multi-Unit Housing Served by Transit
Promote Equitable and Affordable
Housing
Urban Livability Measures
•Percent of Employment Serviced by Transit
Enhance Economic
Competitiveness
•Transit Frequency, the number of times serviced by transit
Provide more transportatio
n Choices
Rural Livability Measures•Unlinked Passenger Trips Per Rural Developed Land
Support Existing
Communities
•Annual Unlinked Passenger Trips per Transit Needs Population
Value Communities and Neighborhoods
•Percent of Household Income Not Spent on Transportation
Promote Equitable and Affordable
Housing
Rural Livability Measures•Active Revenue Vehicles per 1,000 Square Miles of Rural Land Area
Enhance Economic
Competitiveness
•Percent of Workers that Did Not Drive Alone to Go to Work
Provide more transportation
Choices
•Local Operations Funding per Operating Expense
Coordinate and Leverage Federal
Policies and Investment
Dashboard (Preview)
http://transitlivability.org/
Searching FeaturesText Search
FeaturesAuto completeFull List of Search
Results
Dashboard FeaturesDrill down mapping feature
Index “Score”
Index Details
ConclusionsSeveral missing pieces
National Fixed Route and Demand Response Data Support Livability and Other Federal Initiatives
Map21 Transportation for the Nation
Census Verification of Mode information reported Support the National Household Transportation
Survey (NHTS) Assessment of transit availability of respondents
National Spatial Data Infrastructure (Federal GIS program)
ConclusionsStep Beyond Index
More powerful measures Transit Travel Time Matrix National Accessibility Measures
TransitAccessibility.org