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