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Description: <div style="text-align:Left;"><div><div><p><span>Extreme temperatures can impact transportation infrastructure and services, but not all transportation users are affected equally. During the same event, some people may experience mild inconveniences, whereas others may face serious health and socio-economic consequences. Transit users are a particularly vulnerable group as they are directly exposed to impacts from extreme weather events, and some riders may not have access to alternate modes to get to where they need to go. The purpose of this Transit Rider Vulnerability analysis is to understand the impact of extreme heat on the health and wellbeing of transit riders (including bus and rail riders), assess factors that lead to increased vulnerability at some transit points (bus stops and rail stations), and identify potential transit asset- or service-related resilience improvements that can help reduce vulnerabilities for transit users. </span></p><p><span>CMAP calculated a TRV score at each transit point in the CMAP region based on three key components of vulnerability – Exposure, Sensitivity and Adaptive capacity. Please see </span><a href="https://cmap.illinois.gov/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/Risk-based-Vulnerability-Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">Section 3</a><span> for a detailed description of the methodology. </span></p><p><span>A high TRV score indicates higher vulnerability of transit riders to extreme heat effects at a given transit location. In general, higher exposure, higher sensitivity, and lower adaptive capacity can contribute to higher ratings of vulnerability – which represents an indication of the overall susceptibility of transit users to experiencing adverse impacts from extreme heat. Identifying these vulnerability hotspots will help prioritize where resilience investments should be made, and an understanding of vulnerability drivers can help shed light on the types of investments that may be most effective in reducing vulnerability for transit users today and in the future. </span></p><p><span><b>Key Findings: </b></span></p><p><span>1. Over half of all bus stops and rail stations in northeastern Illinois received scores of high or very high vulnerability – meaning they are located in areas projected to experience a large number of days above 95°F (higher exposure scores), tend to be surrounded by communities with higher social and health vulnerabilities (higher sensitivity scores), greater dependence on transit service, and/or less frequent and accessible services (leading to overall lower adaptive capacity scores). </span></p><p><span>2. CTA has a higher percentage of both rail and bus stops with higher TRV ratings when compared to Pace bus stops and Metra rail stations, respectively. The difference shrinks, though, when considering the relative ridership at individual bus stops and stations. </span></p><p><span>3. Urban areas have higher TRV ratings for both bus stops and rail stations as urban areas are projected to have high exposure to extreme temperature and greater concentrations of populations with higher socio-economic and health vulnerabilities. </span></p><p><span>4. One important caveat of this assessment is that it relies on data that represents where people live, not where they are traveling to. This means that it leaves out an accurate picture of vulnerability in key destinations, like the Loop, but also areas throughout the region. It also means that the results are based on the social and health vulnerability of everyone living in that area, not just the people who use transit. The result is an understatement of transit rider vulnerability in communities with lower social and health vulnerabilities and with lower dependence on transit.</span></p></div></div></div>

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