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