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Generating measures of access to employment for Canada's eight largest urban regions

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  • Allen, Jeff

    (University of Toronto)

  • Farber, Steven

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We create and release a publicly available dataset of neighbourhood level measures of access to employment for the eight largest urban regions in Canada. Measures of access to employment are key indicators for analyzing the characteristics of transport networks and urban form. Specifically, we generate cumulative measures (number of jobs reachable within 30, 45, and 60 minute commutes), gravity measures, as well as a competitive measure of accessibility which is standardized to allow for comparisons between regions. These are generated at the census Dissemination Area level for two travel modes, car and transit, including accounting for minute-by-minute variations in transit schedules. We release the data, and the code to generate it, openly on GitHub (https://github.com/SAUSy-Lab/canada-transit-access), as well as visualize the data on an interactive map (https://sausy-lab.github.io/canada-transit-access/map.html) so that they can easily be used by researchers, planners, and the general public. The input data and tools used are all open source so they can be shared or replicated elsewhere with minimal cost.

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  • Allen, Jeff & Farber, Steven, 2018. "Generating measures of access to employment for Canada's eight largest urban regions," SocArXiv pvrd9, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:pvrd9
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/pvrd9
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    1. Weibull, Jorgen W., 1976. "An axiomatic approach to the measurement of accessibility," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 6(4), pages 357-379, December.
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    1. Wessel, Nate & Farber, Steven, 2019. "The Effect of Route-choice Strategy on Transit Travel Time Estimates," SocArXiv 3r4p6, Center for Open Science.

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