1. Introduction to Sugar Access

2. Walkability, Livability, Accessibility

3. Accessibility is a measure that examines both land use and transportation systems, it is the ease of reaching valued destinations.
Measure it … for various transportation modes … to different types of destinations … at different times of day
Accessibility is used in many ways in transportation (Litman 2014)
Roadway Engineering
ADA and Pedestrian Planning
Geography and Urban Economics
Accessibility analysis applications for transportation systems?
Public Transportation
Transportation Project Prioritization
Environmental Justice & Title VI
Active Transportation Plans
Health and Human Services
Economic Development Plans

4. Types of Accessibility Analysis
Travel Times
Minimum travel time to a grocery store in the city by walking
Minimum travel time to job center using public transportation
Destination Summation
Amount of jobs accessible within 30 minutes using transit
Number of parks accessible within 15 minutes by walking
Access Score
Local walkability score
Healthy living index
Map Mixer
Comparison of two accessibility scenarios

5. The Most Realistic Network Travel Times
Travel Time Shed
Traditional Buffers
Sugar Access Network Routing
Under 5 Minutes
562 People
438 People
Under 10 Minutes
3,012 People
1,846 People
Under 15 Minutes
8,327 People
5,121 People
Under 20 Minutes
15,225 People
8,754 People

6. Minimum Travel Time Walking to a Grocery Store
Demographic Group
Travel Time
Non-Minority
20.5 Minutes
Minority
18.4 Minutes
Age 65+
22.6 Minutes
Age 18-24
13.2 Minutes

7. The Most Realistic Network Travel Times
Travel Time Shed
Jobs Accessible (Location A)
Jobs Accessible (Location B)
Under 5 Minutes
4 Jobs
156 Jobs
Under 10 Minutes
136 Jobs
6,667 Jobs
Under 15 Minutes
579 Jobs
30,328 Jobs
Under 20 Minutes
10,319 Jobs
93,197 Jobs
Under 25 Minutes
33,689 Jobs
115,290 Jobs
Under 30 Minutes
89,422 Jobs
145,477 Jobs
Location A
Location B

8. Regional Transit Access Score

9. Quantifying Benefits of Future Projects
Race
Average Increase in Job Access
Average Percent Increase in Job Access
Total
1,360
5.7%
White
1,151
5.0%
Black
2,855
10.3%
American Indian
1,536
5.6%
Asian
2,792
7.5%
Pacific Island
2,206
9.6%
Other
2,223
8.6%

10. What is Sugar Access?

11. Sugar Access Comes with a Complete Local Dataset
Points of Interest Information
Transit Network
Demographic and Job Opportunities Data
Roadway and Pedestrian Network

12. Information on Every Destination
Here points of interest database
Schools, parks, restaurants, every destination possible…
Geocoded to their exact locations

13. Transit Network
GTFS File
Shapes.txt
Stops.txt
Trips.txt
Routes.txt
Calender.txt
Stop_Times.txt
Transit Attributes
Mode
Headway
Run Times
Transit Stops
Route Paths
AM Peak Headway
PM Peak Headway
Off Peak Headway
Run Time
Dwell Time
Captures all transit attributes from your local GTFS File

14. Roadway and Pedestrian Network
Accurate and detailed networks from Here
Historic speed data by time of day included

15. Neighborhood and City Demographic Information
Demographic information for every census block
Detailed employment information throughout your city

16. Easily Create and Test Accessibility Analysis Scenarios
Choose modes of travel
Walk
Bike
Drive
Transit
Choose a time of day
Select a destination category
Jobs
Grocery Stores
Hospitals
Parks and Recreation

17. Explore Unlimited Alternative Scenarios
Easily create and compare alternative scenarios
Transit Route Alignments
Project Locations
Active Transportation Projects
Sugar Access uses cloud technology to run your scenarios

18. Model Future Scenarios with Sugar’s Network Editor
Simplifies the network editing process for users
Easily create new pedestrian and bike paths
Edit and create transit lines automatically aligned with existing roadway geometry
Automatic generation of roadway intersections
Special multi-layer editing interface
New editing toolbar and features

19. Quantifying Benefits of Future Projects
Race
Average Increase in Job Access
Average Percent Increase in Job Access
Total
1,360
5.7%
White
1,151
5.0%
Black
2,855
10.3%
American Indian
1,536
5.6%
Asian
2,792
7.5%
Pacific Island
2,206
9.6%
Other
2,223
8.6%

20. Sugar Access Integrates with ArcGIS and ArcGIS Online
Manage and create accessibility scenarios with ready-to-go data
Analyze access to multiple destinations in a single scenario
Easily model new transit lines and pedestrian paths
Fulfill Title VI and Environmental Justice Requirements

21. Introduction to Sugar Access
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