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Title:

The Effects of Driver Licensing Laws on Immigrant Travel

Accession Number:

01698137

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Car use is critical to improving access to regional opportunities, especially for low-wage immigrants. But many states have restricted the ability of undocumented immigrants to obtain drivers licenses, making it potentially difficult for them to improve their economic standing. The effects of these laws have been tested for their association with traffic safety, but not on mode choice itself. Using the 2017 National Household Travel Survey, the author fits a series of logistic regression models to test the influence of permissive immigrant driver licensing on mode choice decisions. The author finds that immigrants in states with permissive licensing laws are more likely to drive in carpools but not necessarily to drive alone. The results suggest permissive licensing has positive impacts for all immigrants, in addition to positive safety externalities documented in the literature.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD20 Standing Committee on Social and Economic Factors of Transportation.

Report/Paper Numbers:

19-03846

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Barajas, Jesus M

ORCID 0000-0001-8966-5778

Pagination:

8p

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:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Highways; Law; Society

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019 Paper #19-03846

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 7 2018 9:47AM