wow-inequalities/02-data/intermediate/wos_sample/cde5278281ff756f7a76a6a58e2ba5dd-lachapelle-ugo/info.yaml

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abstract: 'In 1999, the U.S. Transportation Equity Act enabled employer subsidized
public transit passes to be tax free benefits to employees and tax
deductible to employers. Public transit agencies can use these to
increase ridership, revenue or efficiency. Assessing disparities in
access, use and willingness to use the incentive can help improve the
policy''s effectiveness and help promote equitable access to its
benefits.
The analysis uses employed respondents from a travel survey in Atlanta,
Georgia (2001-2002, n = 3430) categorized based on whether they were
offered a subsidized transit pass by their employer, whether they used
it or not, and whether they would be likely to use the pass if it was
available to them. Socio-demographic characteristics, the presence of
other incentives and built environment around home and work were
compared across groups, and three logistic regressions were used to
estimate parameters for each of the following questions: What
socio-demographic and employer location characteristics are associated
with working for an employer offering subsidized transit passes? What
are the factors associated with using a pass if the incentive is
offered? Finally, for those who were not offered a transit pass, what
factors are associated with being likely to use a transit pass?
Results suggest an undersupply of employer subsidized public transit
passes for lower income workers, who were however more likely to report
being likely to use a subsidized pass when not receiving one.
Interestingly, however, lower income individuals with access to a
transit pass were less likely to use it than their wealthier
counterparts. Employment in sales and services, a workplace with limited
nearby destinations and low quality transit service between home and
work may further exacerbate disparities in use of subsidized transit
pass. Promoting transit pass programs to employers in sales and
services, and other lower income jobs and coordinating transit service
improvements in locations where these employers concentrate may increase
subsidized transit pass program effectiveness and distributional
benefits. The work also suggests that socioeconomic disparities exist
not only in infrastructure development and congestion charging, but also
in policies used to influence mode shifts to public transit.'
affiliation: 'Lachapelle, U (Corresponding Author), Univ Quebec, Ecole Sci Gest, Dept
Etud Urbaines \& Tourist, Case Postale 8888,Succursale Ctr Ville, Montreal, PQ H3C
3P8, Canada.
Lachapelle, Ugo, Univ Quebec, Ecole Sci Gest, Dept Etud Urbaines \& Tourist, Case
Postale 8888,Succursale Ctr Ville, Montreal, PQ H3C 3P8, Canada.'
author: Lachapelle, Ugo
author-email: lachapelle.ugo@uqam.ca
author_list:
- family: Lachapelle
given: Ugo
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.cstp.2017.08.006
eissn: 2213-6258
files: []
issn: 2213-624X
journal: CASE STUDIES ON TRANSPORT POLICY
keywords: 'Employer sponsored transit pass; Distributional analysis; Equity;
Access; Choice; Willingness; Built environment'
keywords-plus: 'TRANSPORTATION POLICY; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; EQUITY
ANALYSIS; MODE CHOICE; URBAN FORM; TRAVEL; MANAGEMENT; OWNERSHIP;
PARKING'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '57'
orcid-numbers: Lachapelle, Ugo/0000-0003-2306-6021
pages: 353-363
papis_id: 2791fa56b3c45772ecced6a2003ae0ba
ref: Lachapelle2018employersubsidized
times-cited: '6'
title: 'Employer subsidized public transit pass: Assessing disparities in access,
use, and latent demand'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000441947400008
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '6'
web-of-science-categories: Transportation
year: '2018'