Browsing by Author "Guo, Yuxuan"

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    Human Scale Mobility in Minneapolis, Measuring the conditions for walking, biking and other modes of ‘human scale’ transportation
    (2019-05-03) DesRoches, Chris; Russell, Kathleen; Guo, Yuxuan
    Over the last ten years the City of Minneapolis has laid out a comprehensive vision for the future of mobility and transportation within the city. Through plans like the bike and pedestrian master plans, the Minneapolis 2040 plan and Vision Zero, the City of Minneapolis has set a bold agenda for making “Human Scale” transportation options a valued and integral mode for all residents. Understanding how to measure and evaluate the City of Minneapolis’ progress towards this vision will be essential in ensuring that the vision is realized.
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    Infrastructure X-Ray: Piloting Asset Management in Ramsey
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2017) Walburg, Lauren; Guo, Yuxuan; Pattsner, Max
    This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. Cities own and maintain a large amount of infrastructure, which can be difficult to track for purposes of maintenance and replacement. To better understand the condition and location of each asset the City owns, the City of Ramsey asked students in Dr. Fernando Burga’s Land Use Planning class to investigate various asset management programs, their functionality, and their usefulness for tracking infrastructure and other public assets. The students interviewed staff in other cities that use four popular asset management programs--PubWorks, CityWorks, Infraseek, and Cartegraph--and piloted several of the programs using City data. The report concludes with recommendations for further investigating several of the most promising asset management programs. The students’ final report is available.
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    Value of Transitways to Regional Economies: National and Twin Cities Perspectives
    (Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota, 2020-04) Fan, Yingling; Wexler, Noah; Guthrie, Andrew; Van Dort, Leoma; Guo, Yuxuan
    This study is comprised of two main analyses: (1) a national analysis that assesses the relationship between the presence and quantity of transitway service with the overall economic strength of US Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and (2) a comparative analysis of accessibility to regional employment centers, educational institutions, and workforce development service providers under current and hypothetical future transit conditions. For the first analysis, two-way fixed effects regressions controlling for demographics and total transit activity provide evidence that transitway investment is associated positively with GDP and job growth. However, no statistically significant relationship exists between transitway investment and median household income or inequality. The regional comparison analysis finds that fixed-guideway transit is widely accessible, yet slightly concentrated in higher-income or gentrifying neighborhoods.