Transit Accessibility

The Transit Accessibility indicator is the aggregate frequency of transit service during peak evening hours in a neighborhood within a quarter-mile of a transit station. Transit accessibility is a measure of how close and frequent transit service is to common destinations is in a community. Higher numbers are better than lower numbers. Data are available for download at the block group level through the EPA’s Smart Location Database.

Communities with good transit accessibility have high public transit ridership. High public transit has an positive impact on physical activity and obesity. High numbers of transit trips also act as a substitute for auto trips. Fewer auto trips may help lower air pollution and motor vehicle collisions. Transit Accessibility is in the Transportation Services domain.

Neighborhood Indicator Value Ranksort descending
Downtown West 2861.9 1
North Loop 1819 2
Downtown East 1395 3
Nicollet Island - East Bank 912.3 4
Loring Park 894.7 5
Elliot Park 837.3 6
University of Minnesota 741.9 7
Lowry Hill East 671.1 8
Steven's Square - Loring Heights 599.3 9
Ventura Village 541.4 10
Cedar Riverside 534.4 11
Near - North 514.9 12
East Isles 514.5 13
Regina 504 14
East Phillips 493.3 15
St. Anthony East 492 16
East Calhoun (ECCO) 482.8 17
Mid - City Industrial 470.2 18
Humboldt Industrial Area 467 19
Calhoun Area Residents Action Group (CARAG) 463.7 20
Phillips West 463 21
Marcy Holmes 456.7 22
Whittier 455.2 23
Midtown Phillips 445 24
Prospect Park - East River Road 417.1 25
Beltrami 415.3 26
Lowry Hill 402.3 27
Central 380.8 28
Tangletown 380.6 29
Como 378.6 30
King Field 373.3 31
Cedar - Isles - Dean 372.7 32
Powderhorn Park 370.3 33
Northrop 365 34
East Harriet 359.6 35
Lyndale 355.1 36
West Calhoun 352.7 37
Ericsson 347.2 38
Field 341.5 39
Northeast Park 334.7 40
St. Anthony West 325.5 41
Lynnhurst 314.5 42
Hawthorne 299.7 43
Webber - Camden 293.4 44
Longfellow 290.7 45
Bryant 288.7 46
Fulton 285.4 47
Audubon Park 282.8 48
Diamond Lake 282.6 49
Corcoran 280.2 50
Seward 277.9 51
Sumner - Glenwood (Heritage Park) 276.7 52
Columbia Park 276.5 53
Jordan 271.4 54
Standish 268.6 55
Bancroft 261 56
Kenwood 250.7 57
Holland 247.4 58
Marshall Terrace 245.7 59
McKinley 243.3 60
Hiawatha 236.6 61
Waite Park 228.8 62
Hale 227 63
Page 223.6 64
Shingle Creek 218.8 65
Windom Park 216.7 66
Wenonah 207.2 67
Harrison 204.7 68
Victory 202.8 69
Folwell 200.4 70
Logan Park 197.3 71
Armatage 196.8 72
Willard - Hay 195 73
Keewaydin 194.5 74
Howe 194.4 75
Cooper 186.5 76
Bryn - Mawr 179.5 77
Morris Park 175.8 78
Bottineau 175 79
Minnehaha 169.8 80
Lind - Bohanon 163.4 81
Windom 150.9 82
Camden Industrial 139.5 83
Kenny 138.1 84
Linden Hills 122.9 85
Cleveland 119.8 86
Sheridan 104.3 87

Key Citations:
1. Cervero R, Duncan M. Walking, bicycling, and urban landscapes: evidence from the San Francisco Bay Area. American Journal of Public Health. September 2003; 93(9):1478-1483.

2. Guerra E, Cervero R, Tischler D. The half-mile circle: does it best represent transit station catchments? UC Berkeley Institute of Transportation Studies, July 2011.

3. Ewing R, Cervero R. Travel and the built environment: a meta-analysis. Journal of the American Planning Association. 2010; 76:3(2010):265-294.