STRUCTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS OF COMMUTING

THE STRUCTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND PATTERNS OF COMMUTING ARE STUDIED IN FOUR MAJOR URBAN REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES: LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND MILWAUKEE. THE STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF COMMUTING WERE FOUND TO BE DYNAMIC AND SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM TYPICAL STEREOTYPES. THE DIRECTION OF COMMUTING WAS SOMEWHAT SURPRISING IN THAT REVERSE AND INTER-SUBURBAN COMMUTING APPEARED TO BE TAKING A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAN PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED. THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC PATTERNS OF COMMUTING WERE DYNAMIC AS WELL. A DIRECT ASSOCIATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN DISTANCE TO WORK PLACE AND FAMILY INCOME, AS WELL AS THE CORRELATES OF FAMILY INCOME, SUCH AS EDUCATION, AUTO OWNERSHIP, AND AGE. THE STUDY CONCLUDES WITH A DISCUSSION OF PLANNING IMPLICATIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Catanese, A J
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuters; Commuting; Economic factors; Social factors; Suburbs; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00227313
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 102 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 10 1971 12:00AM