Access to Destinations Study
Access to Destinations was an interdisciplinary research and outreach effort coordinated by the Center for Transportation Studies, with support from sponsors including the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Hennepin County, the Metropolitan Council, and the McKnight Foundation.
The Access to Destinations Study took a new approach to understanding how people use the transportation system, and how transportation and land use interact. At the heart of this approach is the concept of accessibility: the ability of people to reach the destinations that they need to visit in order to meet their needs. By focusing on accessibility—rather than simple congestion measures—the Access to Destinations Study produced a more complete and meaningful picture of transportation and its role in our lives.
Projects
- Annual Accessibility Measure for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region
- Computing Auto Accessibility to Other Destinations
- Using Twin Cities Destinations and their Accessibility as a Multimodal Planning Tool
- How Affordable is Transportation? An Accessibility-Based Evaluation
- Arterial Data Acquisition and Network-Wide Travel Time Estimation (Phase III)
- Measuring Accessibility by Automobile
- Arterial Data Acquisition and Network- Wide Travel Time Estimation (Phase II)
- Application of Accessibility Measures for Non-Auto Travel Modes
- Parcel Level Land Use Data Acquisition & Analysis for Measuring Non-Auto Accessibility
- Twin Cities Metro-wide Traffic Micro-Simulation: Feasibility Investigation
- Monitoring land use activity changes in the Twin Cities Metropolitan region
- How Close is Close Enough? Estimating Accurate Distance Decay Functions for Different Purposes and Multiple Modes
- Estimation of Arterial Travel Times
- Refining Methods for Calculating Non-Auto Travel Times
- Development of Accessibility Measures