Transportation Spending by Low-income California Households
Title | Transportation Spending by Low-income California Households PDF eBook |
Author | Lorien Rice |
Publisher | Public Policy Instit. of CA |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Social Science |
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Transportation Spending by Low-income Households
Title | Transportation Spending by Low-income Households PDF eBook |
Author | Lorien Rice |
Publisher | |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Cost and standard of living |
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Transportation Spending by Low-income California Households
Title | Transportation Spending by Low-income California Households PDF eBook |
Author | Lorien Rice |
Publisher | Public Policy Instit. of CA |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Social Science |
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Exploration of a Shift in Household Transportation Spending from Vehicles to Public Transportation
Title | Exploration of a Shift in Household Transportation Spending from Vehicles to Public Transportation PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Edward Polzin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 134 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Automobile ownership |
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Despite continued and growing public support of public transit, traffic congestion continues to get worse and transit ridership and service levels have grown but not sufficiently to play a more meaningful role in addressing growing travel demands. As a result, interest continues in exploring how significant service increases might provide adequate transit capacity and sufficiently attractive service levels to attract enough ridership to offset the need of households for the current number of vehicles. Similarly, policy analysts speculate that the resources saved by households with fewer autos may represent a sufficient consumer benefit to justify or offset the higher subsidy costs necessary to provide the enhanced services. While speculation on this topic is common amongst transit planners and advocates, the literature currently offers little insight into this issue. This report estimates the average costs of private car ownership in the country based on the household income and expenditures using the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. Travel behavior as a function of vehicle ownership is explored with the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS). Analysis of the datasets is used to develop a better understanding of the economic and travel implications potentially arising as a result of households reducing their automobile ownership. As part of the study, a scenario analysis was developed using an Excel spreadsheet tool. This tool can be used by analysts to evaluate probable consequences of reduced vehicle ownership. The analysis is driven by utilizing relationships between travel behavior, transportation spending and household vehicle availability. The research offers several observations regarding the magnitude of the behavior changes that might be expected with lower vehicle ownership as well as the capacity and cost of transit expansion required to accommodate the demands.
A Research Project of the State of California to Determine and Test the Relationship Between a Public Transportation System and Job and Other Opportunities of Low Income Groups
Title | A Research Project of the State of California to Determine and Test the Relationship Between a Public Transportation System and Job and Other Opportunities of Low Income Groups PDF eBook |
Author | Transportation-Employment Project (Calif.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | African Americans |
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The Role of Public Transit in the Mobility of Low Income Households
Title | The Role of Public Transit in the Mobility of Low Income Households PDF eBook |
Author | Genevieve Giuliano |
Publisher | |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Local transit |
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Using Public Transportation to Reduce the Economic, Social, and Human Costs of Personal Immobility
Title | Using Public Transportation to Reduce the Economic, Social, and Human Costs of Personal Immobility PDF eBook |
Author | Ricardo Byrd |
Publisher | Transportation Research Board |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9780309066013 |
This report provides a method to define and measure the costs of personal immobility at a local level and contains a compendium of public transportation practices that address immobility, help reduce costs, and possibly provide economic benefits to both the riders and the larger community. The focus is on practices that assist people who need transportation to health care or who are transitioning from welfare to work. This report should be of interest to planners, decision makers, and social service and transportation providers. It should also serve as a resource to assist decision makers and transportation service providers in using their services more effectively to address the issue of personal immobility.