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Transportation Access to Healthy Food

Transportation Access to Healthy Food. An assessment of Douglas County and Lawrence, KS. Purpose and Need. 7% of the population is classified as low-income and does not live within a reasonable proximity to a grocery store (food desert). Lack of professional planning interest

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Transportation Access to Healthy Food

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  1. Transportation Access to Healthy Food An assessment of Douglas County and Lawrence, KS

  2. Purpose and Need • 7% of the population is classified as low-income and does not live within a reasonable proximity to a grocery store (food desert). • Lack of professional planning interest • Access to food identified as a growing problem by the Lawrence, Douglas County Office of Sustainability

  3. Scope • Existing conditions • Local studies • Food resources • Transportation resources • Best practices • Public Sector • Private Sector • Non-profit Sector • Assessment of resources and next steps

  4. Local Studies • AHF Assessment Summary (2012), Douglas County Community Health Assessment (2012), and interviews • Assets: • Farmers markets • Local bus system • Amount of emergency food resources • Barriers: • Lack of transportation • Lack of nearby grocery stores • Knowledge about available resources

  5. Existing Transportation Services

  6. Food Resources

  7. The “T”

  8. Bikability

  9. Walkability

  10. Mode Resources and Population

  11. Temporal Considerations

  12. Best Practices: Private Sector • Transportation: • Store sponsored van • Accessibility • Improved grocery selection • Home and community based gardening

  13. Best Practices: Public Sector • Transportation: • Fixed-route bus service • Paratransit • Taxi • Accessibility • City markets • Grocery delivery • Cooking demonstrations

  14. Best Practices: Non-Profit Sector • Transportation: • Paratransit • Taxi • Accessibility • Food pantries • Soup kitchens

  15. Recommendations • Explore implementation of store-sponsored vans along with co-funding of vehicles • Consider focused day and evening service • Explore opportunities to coordinate the schedules of food pantries and soup kitchens with transportation resources to ensure good coverage • Create an access to healthy food “hub” • Locations, hours, and selection of food resources • Transportation resources • Temporal map/table • Online and/or handout

  16. Questions

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