MEASURING THE EFFECT OF TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY ON INNER-CITY UNEMPLOYMENT

This study presents some empirical evidence on the manner in which transportation service to job sites influences the employment potential of low-income workers who inhabit the inner city. In addition, it describes an employment-accessibility model that considers the direct relationship of transportation service and employment characteristics in a manner that permits quantification of the expected benefits in unemployment reduction through a proposed improvement in transportation accessibility. Unlike other studies of a similar nature, this research has demonstrated the feasibility of obtaining estimates of unemployment reduction attributable to proposed accessibility improvements before the implementation of a demonstration program. The implications of these findings are, therefore, of significant importance in evaluating the worth of a capital or operating expenditure for improving transportation accessibility because they will lead to more efficient utilization of resources in the quest for "optimum" transportation improvements. /Author/

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• Authors:
  • Falcocchio, John C
  • Pignataro, Louis J
  • McShane, William R
• Conference:
  • 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1973-1-22 to 1973-1-26
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 28-38
• Monograph Title: Transportation for the disadvantaged
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 473
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Central business districts; Costs; Demonstration projects; Economics; Employment; Implementation; Quantitative analysis; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Inner cities; Quantifying
• Subject Areas: Economics; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157788
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309022584
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM