TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FOR ACCESS TO JOBS: JOB ACCESS AND THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING PROCESS IN HARTFORD, ST. LOUIS, AND DETROIT

This report presents three case studies of innovative transportation planning efforts in metropolitan areas to improve access to jobs for current welfare recipients and other low income residents. These Access to Jobs case studies of the Hartford, St. Louis, and Detroit metropolitan areas focus on developing transportation solutions that meet locally defined goals and objectives and ensure that former welfare recipients have the needed mobility to reach employment opportunities. The experiences of each area offer a number of insights into how metropolitan transportation planning process might be applied in developing solutions to employment access problems. Topics discussed include local conditions, job access problem, types and characteristics of existing and planned services, impact of proposed solutions, organizational roles and responsibilities, context of planning effort, resource constraints, and planning methods. Findings show that the metropolitan transportation planning process is an effective means for addressing access to job problems, that planning for access to jobs requires an inclusive, collaborative coalition of diverse agencies and organizations to develop solutions, and planning goes beyond simply providing transportation to and from work.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.21949/1404635
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/13302
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Transit Administration

  Office of Planning, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Environment and Planning, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • LAUBE, M
  • Lyons, W
  • VanderWilden, P
• Publication Date: 1997-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 56 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Case studies; Employment; Jobs; Metropolitan planning organizations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Access to jobs; Welfare
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00742523
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Transit Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FTA-MA-08-8019-97-11
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 7 1997 12:00AM