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Title: Activity and Travel Changes of Job Access Transportation Service Users: Analysis of a User Survey
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2005
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Abstract: The Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) provides funding to improve the access to and from jobs for welfare recipients and low-income individuals. The objective of this paper is to develop a comprehensive profile of JARC service riders on several economic, social, perceptual and travel-related indicators based on a dataset that was collected by the authors from riders of fixed-route and demand-responsive services in 23 locations across the country. The economic indicators considered include incomes of riders, full and part-time work status, employment tenure, reported changes in employment status (transitioning from unemployment to employment) and changes in wages incurred after using the service. Social indicators include vehicle ownership, drivers license, educational attainment and the like. Where we are able to, we contrast JARC service riders with a national sample of automobile and transit users; the data for these measures were obtained from the decennial Census. We also discuss two measures of perceived service dependency, indicating the importance of the service to the riders. In addition, we develop a profile of travel-related changes incurred by riders as a result of service use, including changes in mode of travel and travel times. Many of these indicators are differentiated on the basis of type of area and type of service. This analysis brings a user perspective into the discussion regarding employment transportation services and highlights the diversity of impacts that job access transportation is having on the work and non-work activities of low-income riders.
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Authors: Thakuriah, Piyushimita; Liao, Yihua; Berman, Joost Gideon; Sriraj, P.S.; Soot, Siim
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Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
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Publisher Location: Chicago, IL
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Poverty and Welfare
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