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109 This Appendix discusses the metrics, methods, and data sources this Handbook uses to measure transit corridor livability. This Appendix focuses on 11 of the 12 metrics used in Step 2 of this Handbook and in the Calculator.
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110 Livable Transit Corridors: Methods, Metrics, and Strategies Mixed-Income Housing Near Transit Measure: Housing Unaffordability Metric: Percent of Household Income Spent for Housing Calculation Method(s)
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Metrics, Methods, and Data 111 sources, including the 5-year, 2005 to 2010, American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2010 Census (SF1 Form)
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112 Livable Transit Corridors: Methods, Metrics, and Strategies and, by extension, present an intra-corridor performance measure of transportation and land use integration. This metric works on the assumption that travel is a derived demand influenced by the accessibility of land use origins and destinations within a transit corridor.
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Metrics, Methods, and Data 113 Measure: Health Care Opportunities Metric: Corridor/Neighborhood Health Care Opportunities (Health Care Jobs per Acre) Calculation Method(s)
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114 Livable Transit Corridors: Methods, Metrics, and Strategies data sources as described above for the Corridor/Neighborhood Employees per Acre metrics. This measure is calculated using the LED Database (U.S.
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Metrics, Methods, and Data 115 Table F-2. Data availability and quality assessment by source.
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116 Livable Transit Corridors: Methods, Metrics, and Strategies Data Source ApplicableMeasures/Metrics Data Availability Notes National Resources Inventory Parks and Open Space Inventory Database (USDA) • Corridor Park Coverage (Park Acreage as % of Total Corridor Acreage)
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