Job Accessibility by Car
About the measures
Job accessibility can be an important consideration for people when choosing where to live and their mode or route of travel. Multimodal accessibility measures evaluate how easily people can reach destinations by car, transit, and bicycle. MnDOT tracks how many jobs can be reached within 30 minutes by car for the average adult driver in Minnesota with a low or medium level of traffic stress. MnDOT also tracks the measure by Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). MPOs are entities designated by law with the lead responsibility for developing transportation plans and coordinating the transportation planning process for metropolitan areas with over 50,000 people. Minnesota has eight MPOs.
Where we want to go
Job accessibility is a key measure to understand the multimodal transportation network in Minnesota and changes due to a variety of factors including land use, job location, transportation networks, and scheduling. Access to other key destinations such as grocery stores, hospitals, and schools can also be used to understand the multimodal network impacts. MnDOT is currently developing and implementing multimodal accessibility analysis to better understand how the transportation network impacts access to key destinations.