2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal
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Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, also known as
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welfare reform. As part of this act, Congress established welfare block
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grant programs that included a set of provisions intended to promote
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employment. In the aftermath of these reforms, policy makers turned to
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transportation as one strategy to transition welfare recipients and
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other low-income adults rapidly into the labor market. As the foundation
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for these transportation programs, studies documented the travel
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patterns of the poor and highlighted the limited access of these
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individuals to automobiles. Given the many changes since the 1990s, it
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is time to revisit these data. This study draws on the 1995 Nationwide
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Personal Transportation Survey and the 2009 National Household Travel
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Survey to examine changes in the commute travel of low-income adults
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since welfare reform. The data provide evidence that the reliance on
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automobiles has increased significantly over time; the growth reflects
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the many advantages of cars in increasingly decentralized environments.
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However, some population groups-particularly the carless-have become
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more dependent on public transit to access work. These findings suggest
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the importance of protecting and expanding vital transit services for
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those who need them, as well as acting on behalf of low-income
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households that may be better served through personal vehicular travel.'
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affiliation: 'Blumenberg, E (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin
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Sch Publ Affairs, Inst Transportat Studies, 3250 Publ Affairs Bldg, Los Angeles,
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CA 90095 USA.
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Blumenberg, Evelyn; Thomas, Trevor, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Luskin Sch Publ Affairs,
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Inst Transportat Studies, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.'
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author: Blumenberg, Evelyn and Thomas, Trevor
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author-email: eblumenb@ucla.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Blumenberg
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given: Evelyn
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- family: Thomas
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given: Trevor
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.3141/2452-07
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eissn: 2169-4052
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files: []
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issn: 0361-1981
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journal: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
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keywords-plus: SPATIAL MISMATCH; EMPLOYMENT; ACCESSIBILITY
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language: English
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number: '2452'
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number-of-cited-references: '35'
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pages: 53-61
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papis_id: a003e1246eafa1646f293cb24d4f8334
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ref: Blumenberg2014travelbehavior
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times-cited: '10'
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title: Travel Behavior of the Poor After Welfare Reform
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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:000349494900008
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '9'
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web-of-science-categories: Engineering, Civil; Transportation; Transportation Science
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\& Technology
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year: '2014'
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