A Transportation Needs Assessment of Grocery Shoppers at the Century Villages at Cabrillo
The Century Villages at Cabrillo (CVC) is a 27-acre residential community located in Long Beach’s Westside neighborhood that caters to formerly unhoused people and veterans. The community is situated within a food desert – meaning residents lack access to healthy and afordable food – and the nearest grocery store is 1 mile away (USDA, n.d.). Furthermore, CVC is surrounded by unfavorable and unhealthy land uses and infrastructure, including industrial land uBus ses, a refnery, two freeways, and a freight railroad. Existing public transportation near CVC is generally inaccessible due to infrequent service and distance from residents’ homes, and residents also face personal mobility and technological barriers such as being unbanked or lacking a smartphone, thus limiting them to certain transportation services.
