CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT : THE TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS OF WELFARE RECIPIENTS AND LOW WAGE WORKERS

This report presents an assessment of the transportation needs, and barriers to these needs, of welfare recipients and other low-income adults in California. The report first summarizes the key findings of existing research on welfare recipients and transportation. It next highlights the demographic, economic, and transportation characteristics of welfare recipients, low-income adults, and working-age adults in California. The report then reviews the existing federal funding programs to meet the transportation needs of welfare recipients and low-wage workers. This is followed by an analysis of access to jobs and transportation. The report then focuses on the spatial distribution of child care centers, healthcare clinics, and welfare offices in relation to public transit. The issue of transportation modes is then addressed in which public transit and auto usage among the poor is examined and geographic areas in California where additional fixed-route transit may be both efficient and effective are identified. An analysis of existing programs to meet the transportation needs of the poor ix next , followed by conclusions and policy options.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Publication Date: May 2003. Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research, Los Angeles CA. Remarks: Performed for California Dept. of Transportation, Division of Mass Transportation. Also available online via the California Division of Mass Transportation website (www.dot.ca.gov/hq/MassTrans). Format: website
  • Corporate Authors:

    Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

    ,    

    California. Division of Mass Transportation

    ,   United States 
  • Authors:
    • Blumenberg, Evelyn
  • Publication Date: 2003

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Pagination: xiv, 219 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00985417
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
  • Files: CALTRANS
  • Created Date: Feb 3 2005 12:00AM