Impact of light-rail implementation on labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective

This study seeks to examine transit's role in promoting social equity by assessing the before-after impacts of recent transit changes in the Twin Cities, including the opening of the Hiawatha light-rail line, on job accessibility among workers of different wage categories. Geospatial, descriptive, and regression analyses find that proximity to light-rail stations and bus stops offering direct rail connections are associated with large, statistically significant gains in accessibility to low-wage jobs. These gains stand out from changes in accessibility for the transit system as a whole. Implications of the study results for informing more equitable transit polices are discussed.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v5i3.240
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/19387849
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2012 Yingling Fan, Andrew Guthrie, and David Levinson
• Authors:
  • Fan, Yingling
  • Guthrie, Andrew E
  • Levinson, David
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 28-39
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport and Land Use
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • ISSN: 1938-7849
  • Serial URL: https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Equity (Justice); Labor market; Light rail transit; Regression analysis; Socioeconomic development
• Candidate Terms: Geospatial analysis
• Geographic Terms: Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (Minnesota)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492321
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 12 2013 3:52PM