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Research Highlights
Active Transportation Network Benefits Estimator | NCHRP Research Report 1149, Estimating Benefits of Closing Gaps in Active Transportation Networks: A Guide
Sarah Melling
Joe Broach
The Active Transportation Network Benefits Estimator was developed to support state and local DOTs in estimating the potential benefits of closing gaps in their active transportation network. The tool is based on the methodology presented in the NCHRP Research report 1149: Estimating Benefits of Closing Gaps in Active Transportation Networks (https://www.nationalacademies.org/publications/29332). Active transportation networks are an important part of the transportation system, they improve a...
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Evaluating Efforts to Improve the Equity of Bike Share Systems
Nathan McNeil
John MacArthur , Jennifer Dill , Joe Broach
BREAKING BARRIERS TO BIKE SHARE: Insights on Equity.
Public bike share systems have rapidly expanded across the United States in recent years. However, there is evidence that significant portions of the population are underrepresented among bike share users, including people of color, along with lower-income, female, older adults and less-educated groups. Lack of bike share stations in neighborhoods with people of color and/or lower incomes is one factor, but does not completely explain th...
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