2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'The impact of the welfare-to-work (WtW) regional public transportation
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program on participants in Chicago, Illinois, is reviewed 3 years after
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an initial study. The regional transportation program provided free
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transit passes and vanpool services to participants during their first 6
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months of employment and training on regional transit options for job
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developers. WtW participants'' travel patterns were noted, social service
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contractors were interviewed, and Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF)
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clients were examined. In 2000, pass use for WtW participants and
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regular 30-day pass users was determined to be almost identical because
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of the strong economy of the late 1990s. Three years later, travel
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patterns suggested that participants were beginning to find employment
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farther from home, many in the job-rich O''Hare Airport corridor, and
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that the costs and benefits of sending low-income workers to distant
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work locations needed to be assessed. Although providing fare subsidies
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that allow low-income workers to take advantage of existing
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infrastructure may be helpful, transportation solutions probably will
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not be enough to make a meaningful and sustained impact. The regional
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transportation program illustrates the need for holistic approaches to
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social policy. The disproportionate level of transit dependency, longer
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travel times, and significantly higher use of public transit in many of
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the Chicago communities that have the highest numbers of TANF clients
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than in the city as a whole point to a serious need for affordable
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housing near job centers in the Chicago region.'
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affiliation: 'Hunt, KL (Corresponding Author), Univ Chicago, Harris Sch Publ Policy
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Studies, 5514 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
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Univ Chicago, Harris Sch Publ Policy Studies, Chicago, IL 60637 USA.
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Chicago Transit Author, Serv Planning, Chicago, IL 60607 USA.'
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author: Hunt, KL and Czerwinski, J
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author_list:
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- family: Hunt
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given: KL
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- family: Czerwinski
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given: J
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book-group-author: TRB
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booktitle: 'TRANSIT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE, MARKETING
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AND FARE POLICY, AND CAPACITY AND QUALITY OF SERVICE'
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da: '2023-09-28'
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files: []
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isbn: 0-309-09482-8
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issn: 0361-1981
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language: English
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note: '83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation-Research-Board, Washington,
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DC, JAN 11-15, 2004'
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number: '1887'
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number-of-cited-references: '16'
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pages: 3-9
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papis_id: a0bfe0b1073ba44e8c64770eb2809d05
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ref: Hunt2004regionaltransit
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series: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD-SERIES
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times-cited: '0'
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title: Regional transit program for welfare to work in Chicago, Illinois - Three years
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later
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000227335100001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '4'
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web-of-science-categories: Engineering, Civil; Transportation; Transportation Science
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\& Technology
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year: '2004'
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