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ArticleCartography and geographic information science2021

Impact of travel time uncertainties on modeling of spatial accessibility: a comparison of street data sources.

Yan Lin, Christopher Lippitt, Daniel Beene, Joseph Hoover

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Yan LinDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, UNM Center for the Advancement of Spatial Informatics Research and Education (ASPIRE), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Christopher LippittDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, UNM Center for the Advancement of Spatial Informatics Research and Education (ASPIRE), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Daniel BeeneDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, UNM Center for the Advancement of Spatial Informatics Research and Education (ASPIRE), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Joseph HooverDepartment of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, Montana State University Billings, Billings, MT, USA.

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Role of open dumping and open burning of solid waste in the generation of microplastics and products of incomplete combustion on tribal landsP50MD015706 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI HOOVER, JOSEPH HAMILTON, LEWIS, JOHNNYE L · 2020 to 2024
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NIMHD NIH HHS P50 MD015706
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Abstract

GIS-based spatial access measures have been used extensively to monitor social equity and to help develop policy. However, inherent uncertainties in the road datasets used in spatial access estimates remain largely underreported. These uncertainties might result in unrecognized biases within visualization products and decision-making outcomes that strive to improve social equity based on seemingly egalitarian accessibility metrics. To better understand and address these uncertainties, we evaluated variations in travel impedance for car and bus transportation using proprietary, volunteer-information-based, and free (non-volunteer-information-based) street networks. We then interpreted the measured variations through the lens of street data uncertainty and its propagation in a common E2SFCA model of spatial accessibility. Results indicated that travel impedance disagreement propagates through the modeling process to effect agreement of spatial access index (SPAI) estimates among different street sources, with larger uncertainties observed for bus travel than car travel. Higher impedance coefficients (β), a model parameter, reduced the impact of street-source variations on estimates. Less urbanized regions were found to experience higher street-source variations when compared with the core-metropolitan area. We also demonstrated that a relative spatial access measure - the spatial access ratio (SPAR) - reduced uncertainties introduced by the choice of street datasets. Careful selection of reliable street sources and model parameters (e.g., higher β), as well as consideration of the potential for bias, particularly for less urbanized areas and areas reliant on public transportation, is warranted when leveraging SPAI to inform policy. When reliable/accurate road network data is not accessible or data quality information is not available, the SPAR is a suitable alternative or supplement to SPAI for visualization and analyses.

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multimodal E2SFCAspatial accessibilitystreet sourcetravel impedanceuncertainty

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PMID38298180
PMCPMC10830160

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