Access to Jobs in Virginia by census block 2024 (auto, bike, walk & transit)

The Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota produces census block level access to jobs data by four modes (auto, bike, walk and transit). https://www.cts.umn.edu/programs/ao

Accessibility is the ease and feasibility of reaching valued destinations. It can be measured for a wide array of transportation modes, to different types of destinations, and at different times of day. There are a variety of ways to define accessibility, but the number of destinations reachable within a given travel time is the most comprehensible and transparent as well as the most directly comparable across different geographies.

Reports published by mode have detailed information on how these data are produced. Auto: https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277741 Bike: https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277742 Walk: https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277744 Transit: https://hdl.handle.net/11299/277743

These data are provided in two formats. The first format is an ESRI Map Package that includes feature classes for each mode. The second format is a zipped shapefile of census blocks and four CSV files, one for each mode. For every census block, for each mode, there is a reported value of the number of jobs that can be reached within a specified time threshold. The bicycle mode includes two Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) 2 (Low traffic stress) and 3 (Moderate traffic stress) to define usable routes.