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D-1 The materials contained in this guide and the conduct of research report for this project (published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 330) were developed with feedback from state and local agencies.
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D-2 Accessibility Measures in Practice: A Guide for Transportation Agencies Step Discussion Outcome Step 1: Identify Goals, Objectives, and Context The EWGCOG has experience with accessibility measures and it wants to expand its use to target specific equity goals. It wants to place accessibility at the forefront of its performance measurement and project prioritization processes.
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Examples of Using This Guide D-3 Rather than proceeding through the steps in the guide, FDOT retained a team of consultants to evaluate and report on how accessibility measures could best be applied across the state. Specifically, the report had two goals: 1.
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D-4 Accessibility Measures in Practice: A Guide for Transportation Agencies accessibility measures incorporate context, improvement opportunities, transit-supportive decision-making, and comparisons between future transportation and land use changes. The report concludes with a discussion of next steps needed to further develop and apply accessibility at transportation planning agencies.
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Examples of Using This Guide D-5 Step Discussion Outcome Step 1: Identify Goals, Objectives, and Context Stakeholders discussed the need for an accessibility measure for their project prioritization process, specifically for the STIP. They realized that a consistent, state-wide measure would be useful for all member agencies if it can capture the implications of local, corridor-level projects.
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D-6 Accessibility Measures in Practice: A Guide for Transportation Agencies Step Discussion Outcome Other stakeholders mentioned that simply implementing accessibility measures within the project prioritization process in Hawaii would be a radical change. In the past, the state tried to use an off-the-shelf software tool to help with this process, but it was never implemented successfully.
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Examples of Using This Guide D-7 Step Discussion Outcome Step 1: Identify Goals, Objectives, and Context The participants described their primary goal with accessibility measurement -- improving the equity analysis within their long-range transportation plan. While some accessibility measures are currently evaluated in the plan regarding environmental justice analyses, NCTCOG wants to improve and expand its use and shift focus onto equity because of its comprehensiveness.
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D-8 Accessibility Measures in Practice: A Guide for Transportation Agencies Step Discussion Outcome Step 2: Screen Candidate Measures or Concepts The group indicated that it is interested in expanding current access to opportunity measures and developing competitive and trip characteristics measures. The group also stated that potential path area measures seem too narrow for its large region.
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Examples of Using This Guide D-9 Step Discussion Outcome Step 1: Identify Goals, Objectives, and Context The participants began the discussion by agreeing to focus on accessibility measurement in the upcoming Milwaukee County Jurisdictional Highway Plan. The current project goals include right-sizing roadways by using existing street space more effectively with the goal of growing non-auto mode share.
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D-10 Accessibility Measures in Practice: A Guide for Transportation Agencies Step Discussion Outcome Another limitation is the communicability of more complex measures. A participant wondered whether logsums would be useful because it is difficult to explain to the public.
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Examples of Using This Guide D-11 References 1. North Central Texas Council of Governments.
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