Description
Understanding the relative attractiveness of alternatives to driving is vitally important toward lowering driving rates and, by extension, vehicle miles traveled (VMT), traffic congestion, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, etc. The relative effectiveness of automobile alternatives (i.e., buses, bicycling, and walking) depends on how well streets are designed to work for these respective modes in terms of safety, comfort and cost, which can sometimes pit their relative effectiveness against each other. In this report, the level of traffic stress (LTS) criteria previously developed by two of the authors was used to determine how the streets functioned for these auto alternative modes. The quality and extent of the transit service area was measured using a total travel time metric over the LTS network. The model developed in this study was applied to two transit routes in Oakland, California, and Denver, Colorado.
Publication Date
5-2017
Publication Type
Report
Topic
Active Transportation, Sustainable Transportation and Land Use
MTI Project
1205
Mineta Transportation Institute URL
Keywords
Network analysis, bicycle, pedestrian, tolerance, origin and destination, transit
Disciplines
Transportation | Urban Studies
Recommended Citation
Maaza C. Mekuria, Bruce Appleyard, and Hilary Nixon. "Improving Livability Using Green and Active Modes: A Traffic Stress Level Analysis of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Access and Mobility" Mineta Transportation Institute Publications (2017).
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