Impact Methodologies

Accessibility

Case Studies

Montgomery County, Maryland

During 1998 and 1999, Montgomery County analyzed five alternative year 2020 transportation networks. Planning staff chose to use accessibility as one of a few key indicators of the performance of each alternative transportation scenario.

Orange County, California

The Orange County Transportation Authority in California applied GIS to analyze transit accessibility and ridership based on street patterns and land use data.

San Francisco Bay Area, California

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission used measures of job accessibility to compare the impacts of the Regional Transportation Plan among different population groups.

Tren Urbano - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Regional accessibility measures were applied to compare the performance of rail and bus transit investment alternatives and transit-oriented development policies.

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