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Title: CHANGES OVER TIME IN TRANSPORTATION MODE FOR JOURNEY TO WORK: EFFECTS OF AGING AND IMMIGRATION
Accession Number: 00737955
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The changing commuting behavior of immigrants in Southern California is studied. Using 1980 and 1990 census data, trends in transportation mode are analyzed for cohorts of immigrants defined by age and recency of arrival in the United States. Cohorts are further identified by sex and race-ethnicity. The study finds that recent immigrants are far more reliant on public transit, but after they gain an additional 10 years of residence in the United States, their transit use falls markedly. The change is especially sharp in the case of women, who increase their rate of solo car driving noticeably. The implication is that sustained high immigration bolsters the ridership base of public transit and reduces traffic congestion.
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Monograph Accession #: 00737947
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Myers, DPagination: p. 84-99
Publication Date: 1997
Conference:
Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning: Case Studies and Strategies for 2000
Location:
Irvine, California ISBN: 0309059704
Features: Figures
(10)
; References
(8)
; Tables
(1)
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jun 17 1997 12:00AM
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