Impact of light-rail implementation on labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective
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Impact of light-rail implementation on labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective
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2012
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Journal of Transport and Land Use
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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.
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JTLU vol 5, no 3, pp 28-39 (2012)
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10.5198/jtlu.v5i3.240
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Fan, Yingling; Guthrie, Andrew; Levinson, David. (2012). Impact of light-rail implementation on labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, 10.5198/jtlu.v5i3.240.
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