Intersectional Transportation Trends in LA County

The costs and benefits of the transportation system are distributed unequally, leading to people receiving less access to opportunities. This report sought to understand how this issue plays out within Los Angeles County by analyzing trends in transportation patterns across race/ethnicity, income, gender, age, ability, and geography. This report used data from the 2017 National Household Travel Survey California Add-On and 2013-2017 collision data from the UC Berkeley Transportation Injury Mapping System to report the number of trips and miles per day, transportation mode and purpose, and collision incidents for women and youth of color, Black people, people with disabilities, lower-income older adults, people living in families in poverty, and households living in priority population areas. The authors find similarities in the number of unlinked trips taken per day, but there are unique and diverging patterns in terms of average trip distances and duration. Women of color, Black people, and people living in priority population areas tended to have longer average trip distances. Meanwhile, the youth of color, people with disabilities, lower-income older adults, and people living in families in poverty had shorter average trip distances. All of these groups, except for women of color, traveled at slower average travel speeds than people overall in Los Angeles County, likely due to reliance on transit and walking. The authors also find significant differences in collision risks, especially by race and mode. Black people being overrepresented in collisions by every travel mode and walking in particular, and disparities extend to Black and Latino/a pedestrians. Overall, these trends highlight the need to make significant investments in transportation to ensure that the access benefits derived from the transportation system can fairly benefit everyone in LA County. The recommendations derived from this analysis are intended to help address transportation inequities in Los Angeles County and move towards a more equitable and justice-oriented future.

• Record URL:
  https://www.metrans.org/assets/research/psr-19-60_brozen_final-report_jw.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67973
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60611
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program. Cover title: Intersectional transportation trends in Los Angeles County.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
  Los Angeles, CA  United States 

  Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center

  University of Southern California
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  California Department of Transportation

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95819
• Authors:
  • Brozen, Madeline
  • 0000-0003-4231-8298
  • Rios, Nataly
  • Cardenas, Isabel
  • Ekman, Annaleigh Yahata
  • Bressette, Ben
• Publication Date: 2021-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final White Paper
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 102p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Crash rates; Demographics; Equity; Travel behavior; Travel surveys
• Geographic Terms: Los Angeles County (California)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01787569
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PSR-19-60-TO-029
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747109
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Nov 10 2021 1:54PM