Date of Completion
8-10-2020
Embargo Period
8-10-2020
Advisors
Nicholas E. Lownes, John N. Ivan, Amy C. Burnicki
Field of Study
Civil Engineering
Degree
Master of Science
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
The location of affordable housing in the United States is greatly influenced by how it is funded, and current funding criteria does not make wide use of comprehensive accessibility metrics. To show the benefits of using a comprehensive metric to locate affordable housing, one such metric, the TOI, was compared with more simple measures of transit access in a case study. A qualitative assessment of the comprehensive transit metric showed improvements over a simpler measure currently used by an affordable housing program. Statistical modeling was also performed to see if the TOI could better predict whether households had adequate transit access. TOI was able to better predict one indicator of transit access, household transit mode share, than a more simple access measure.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Robert Walsh, "Applying Transit Accessibility Metrics to Locating Affordable Housing" (2020). Master's Theses. 1546.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/gs_theses/1546
Major Advisor
Nicholas E. Lownes