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This model identifies the most cost effective potential routes for walking and biking between low income communities and key shopping facilities and medical facilities. Low income communities were identified as those block groups where more than 50% of the population was living below twice the federal poverty level. Key shopping facilities were considered all grocery stores with a produce section and medical facilities were considered all hospitals and medical offices identified in Business Analyst. A least cost path analysis was completed to derive all possible routes between low income communities as the source and key shopping facilities and medical offices as the destinations. The identified routes were buffered to identify the corridors where a potential high demand for active transportation is needed.All identified buffered routes were given a priority value of 5 (High) |