National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Public Transit Stops by Census Tract, United States, 2016-2018

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Philippa Clarke, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research; Robert Melendez, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Clarke, Philippa, and Melendez, Robert. National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Public Transit Stops by Census Tract, United States, 2016-2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/E111109V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset lists the number of public transit stops per United States census tract based on data from the National Transit Map (NTM). Each observation represents the count and density (per capita and square mile) of transit stops within a census tract, as voluntarily reported to NTM between 2016 and 2018 by one of 270 regional transit agencies choosing to participate.

A curated version of this data is available through ICPSR at https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/38605/versions/V1
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Aging (RF1-AG-057540); United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Community Living. National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (90RTHF0001)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms public transportation; transit; mobilities
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2016 – 2018
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2019 – 2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Public transit stops within the fifty United States and US island territories, as voluntarily reported by NTM participating agencies between 2016 and 2018. (A list of agencies participating as of September 2019 is available as an appendix to the documentation.)
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Geospatial source data were obtained in April 2019 from the NTM Stops GIS dataset within the National Transit Map Data Catalog: https://www.bts.gov/content/national-transit-map. Census tract boundaries were obtained from the 2010 TIGER/Line census tract shapefiles: https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/TRACT/2010/tl_2010_us_tract10.zip.
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation census tract
Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit census tract

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