Transit Access
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Better Access, Higher Vulnerability: 9,033 CA Tracts
Across 9,033 California census tracts, better grocery access often coincides with higher food-security vulnerability, complicating the food-desert framework.'s food desert framework assumes that distance to grocery stores is a primary barrier to food access.
Renters vs. Owners: Housing Tenure and Grocery Access
Renter-dominated tracts have better grocery access: shorter distances (0.58 vs. 0.94 mi), lower food desert rates (8.4% vs. 18.2%).
Who Gets Left Behind: Transit Access and Race in California
Majority-minority tracts have shorter distances to grocery stores (0.72 vs. 0.85 miles) but higher mobility desert rates (13.2% vs. 11.1%).
Mobility Deserts: Close on Paper, Unreachable by Car
Federal food access policy assumes proximity equals access. But in California, 1 in 8 neighborhoods face a hidden barrier: stores are within a mile, but poor…