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Evolution of the Second-Story City: The Minneapolis Skyway System

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Evolution of the Second-Story City: The Minneapolis Skyway System

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2009

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This paper describes and explains the growth of the Minneapolis Skyway network. Accessibility is used as a major factor in understanding that growth (i.e. does the network connect to the location(s) with the highest accessibility, followed by the second highest, and so on). First, employment opportunities are used as the measure of activity and are based off of the square footage of buildings and/or ITE trip generation rates. Using information about the buildings located downtown for each year since the first skyway was built, the accessibilities of each of the connected and adjacent unconnected blocks were calculated for every time period the skyway system expanded. The purpose is to determine how often the expansion connected the block with the highest accessibility. The results show that though important, accessibility was rarely maximized, except in the early stages of development. A connect-choice logit model relating the probability of joining the network (in a given year) to accessibility and network size was employed. The results show accessibility does remain an important factor in predicting which links are connected. Physical difficulties in making connections may have played a role, as well as the potential for adverse economic impacts.

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Nexus Papers;200912

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National Science Foundation

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/b34066

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Corbett, Michael, Feng Xie, and David Levinson (2009) Evolution of the Second-Story City: The Minneapolis Skyway System. Environment and Planning b 36(4) 711-724

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Corbett, Michael; Xie, Feng; Levinson, David M. (2009). Evolution of the Second-Story City: The Minneapolis Skyway System. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/b34066.

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