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TYANSIT <br /> Existing Conditions SHOR TRAM GE E TROUNLAN <br /> EQUITY AND TRANSIT NEED Figure 8: Transit Need <br /> ---------- <br /> While total population and employment density are crucial to <br /> understanding transit demand, the demographics and m <br /> O s, <br /> socioeconomic characteristics of the population are also a key a a <br /> component in identifying the need for transit services. Many a <br /> population groups, often those historically and currently Sy°,eRd O <br /> marginalized, rely on transit more than the general public. To plan O O <br /> scn� <br /> transit equitably, transit agencies should focus their investments <br /> on areas with high populations of these communities. <br /> r <br /> bra <br /> I/6p�- <br /> ^ r �e6enon Rd }v St Vol <br /> Transit Needs Index `=nle � - a <br /> The Transit Needs Index measures the densityof socioeconomic - C r �k= <br /> Hillshoroug N <br /> groups that would most benefit from improved transit services for <br /> both fixed route and demand response. To calculate the index, <br /> 4 <br /> census block groups are assigned a score of 1 to 5 for each of the <br /> following groups, based on the relative density of that group in <br /> o �o <br /> < tali! <br /> Orange County, and summed for a final composite score: a o�9eG hee+�p er °� �tsina;Rp s°O 3 <br /> Zero vehicle households <br /> ■ Racial and ethnic minorities <br /> eal A <br /> ■ People with low incomes (below federal poverty level) <br /> ■ Older adults (65+) FsreRo <br /> �,� � � F <br /> R..4Cha el�Hill <br /> ■ People with disabilities � ��:: �.�; P,.�,, <br /> Transit Need Carrh'dr�o4 <br /> C°mp-ite de..ity of....—hid, r <br /> householends,minorities,lawervincepopuiedonme <br /> Figure 8 shows areas of high potential transit need, <br /> with darker pnplti ,°A—duhs.and and Greenshnr°Rd w <br /> colors indicating higher than average densities of multiple target <br /> • n ed hl1eedr ------------ <br /> populations. 'E _ C <br /> populations. Areas with the highest transit need include most of --- -- y hw <br /> o•iesa«e.,acssozas-re.[sdma,e• -------------- ©trks <br /> Chapel Hill and parts of Carrboro, downtown and southern <br /> Hillsborough, and most of Mebane. <br /> Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates 3-7 <br />