RADICAL DIFFERENCES IN COMMUTING BEHAVIOR: NEW EVIDENCE FROM THE PANEL STUDY OF INCOME DYNAMICS

Data from a national probability sample of metropolitan families reveal sharp racial differences in distance from home to work, commuting time, commuting speed, and mode of transportation. Black household heads are bound to spend about 25 percent more time cummuting per hour worked than do whites, even though blacks on average live slightly closer to their place of employment. The proportion of black workers using public transportation is three times the whites' proportion, and reliance on this slow mode of transportation accounts for about half of the difference between whites and blacks in commuting time and commuting speed. The paper mentions some housing market and labor market implications of the findings. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Data Use and Access Laboratories

  1601 North Kent Street
  Arlington, VA  United States  22209
• Authors:
  • Goodman Jr, J L
  • Berkman, M
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 29-36
• Serial:
  • Review of Public Data Use
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Data Use and Access Laboratories

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuters; Data analysis; Housings; Income; Labor market; Mathematical analysis; Mode choice; Public transit; Race; Speed; Work trips
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163662
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1981 12:00AM