01332972

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2217-07

http://scholar.google.com...riah&publication_year=2011

The author examined cost-effectiveness of employment transportation (ET) services funded by the Job Access and Reverse Commute program of FTA in 2002. These services transport low-wage workers to jobs. The author presented multiple sources of primary and administrative data on users and programs in 23 ET sites. ET cost per ride measures were compared with cost per ride measures of transit services that were operating in the same area (called peer transit services). A cost per user per year was estimated to determine the level of transportation investments on the mobility of low-wage workers. On a per ride basis, ET services cost more to deliver than did peer transit services, but a wide variation existed in the level of investments and subsidies among different types of users, areas, and types of service. The median estimated cost per ET service user per year was similar to the annual investment per recipient by several social and human services and workforce development programs that supported low-income individuals to achieve improved economic outcomes. ET annual expenditures were the greatest for low-wage individuals who were traveling to work and less so for low-income individuals who were traveling to job training, to look for jobs, or to shop and make other discretionary trips. Implications are drawn for human services transportation coordination and for data and reporting requirements.

01359313

11-3945

English

pp 55-62

2011

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309167482

Print

References (45) ; Tables (4)

Cost effectiveness; Investments; Low income groups; Mobility; Paratransit services; Public transit; Social factors; Subsidies; Work trips

Job Access and Reverse Commute program

Human services; Job access; Transportation services

Economics; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 17 2011 6:42PM

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