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Title: MEASURING THE ROLE OF TRANSPORTATION IN FACILITATING WELFARE-TO-WORK TRANSITION: EVIDENCE FROM THREE CALIFORNIA COUNTIES
Accession Number: 00968503
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: Welfare-to-Work transportation programs are premised on a conceptualization of the spatial mismatch hypothesis that focuses on the physical separation between the central city locations of welfare participants, rapidly expanding job opportunities in the suburbs, and the long commutes needed to connect them. Using data from three diverse California counties, welfare recipients' spatial access to employment was examined. The results indicate that the traditional notion of the spatial mismatch is less relevant to welfare recipients, many of whom live in counties in which the urban structure does not fit the simple model of poor, central-city neighborhoods and distant, job-rich suburbs. Many welfare recipients live in job-rich areas; others live in neighborhoods that are spatially isolated from employment. Therefore, to be effective, transportation policies must be tailored to the diverse characteristics of the neighborhoods in which welfare recipients live.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1859, Sustainability and Environmental Concerns in Transportation 2003.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Blumenberg, EHess, D BPagination: p. 93-101
Publication Date: 2003
Serial: ISBN: 0309085969
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 7 2004 12:00AM
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