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Title:

Comparing Immigrant Travel Assimilation among Racial/Ethnic Groups

Accession Number:

01697957

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This research investigates differences in travel assimilation among immigrants of different races/ethnicities in the United States. Using the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) data, the authors compare commute distance and commute mode between immigrants and native-born Americans in three groups: whites, Hispanics, and Asians. The results show that when the authors consider racial/ethnic groups separately, the initial difference in commuting travel between immigrants and native-born Americans in the same racial/ethnic group is smaller, and the time it takes to reduce the difference is shorter, compared with the results when the authors consider all native-born Americans together. Therefore, the authors suggest that transportation policymakers consider racial/ethnic differences when providing services for immigrants.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD50 Standing Committee on Environmental Justice in Transportation.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-04477

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Hu, Lingqian
Klein, Nicholas J
Smart, Michael J

Pagination:

16p

Publication Date:

2019

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2019-1-13 to 2019-1-17
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General)

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-04477

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 7 2018 9:42AM