TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of light-rail implementation on labor market accessibility
T2 - A transportation equity perspective
AU - Fan, Yingling
AU - Guthrie, Andrew
AU - Levinson, David
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study seeks to examine transit's role in promoting social equity by assessing the before-after impacts of recent transit changes in the Twin Cities, including the opening of the Hiawatha light-rail line, on job accessibility among workers of different wage categories. Geospatial, descriptive, and regression analyses find that proximity to light-rail stations and bus stops offering direct rail connections are associated with large, statistically significant gains in accessibility to low-wage jobs. These gains stand out from changes in accessibility for the transit system as a whole. Implications of the study results for informing more equitable transit polices are discussed.
AB - This study seeks to examine transit's role in promoting social equity by assessing the before-after impacts of recent transit changes in the Twin Cities, including the opening of the Hiawatha light-rail line, on job accessibility among workers of different wage categories. Geospatial, descriptive, and regression analyses find that proximity to light-rail stations and bus stops offering direct rail connections are associated with large, statistically significant gains in accessibility to low-wage jobs. These gains stand out from changes in accessibility for the transit system as a whole. Implications of the study results for informing more equitable transit polices are discussed.
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U2 - 10.5198/jtlu.v5i3.240
DO - 10.5198/jtlu.v5i3.240
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84864529486
SN - 1938-7849
VL - 5
SP - 28
EP - 39
JO - Journal of Transport and Land Use
JF - Journal of Transport and Land Use
IS - 3
ER -
