%0 Journal Article
%T Average opportunity-based accessibility of public transit systems to grocery stores in small urban areas
%J Cogent engineering
%D 2015
%A Dharmadhikari, Nimish
%A Lee, EunSu
%V 2
%N 1
%P e1068968-e1068968
%X This research studies the accessibility of grocery stores to university students using the public transportation system, drawing from a case study of Fargo, North Dakota. Taking into consideration the combined travel time components of walking, riding, and waiting, this study measures two types of accessibilities: accessibility to reach a particular place and accessibility to reach the bus stop to ride the public transit system. These two accessibilities are interdependent and cannot perform without each other. A new method to calculate the average accessibility measure for the transit routes is proposed. A step-wise case study analysis indicates that one route provides accessibility to a grocery store in eight minutes. This also suggests that the North Dakota State University area has moderate accessibility to grocery stores.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis
%@ 2331-1916
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2015.1068968