The connection between public transit and employment the cases of Portland and Atlanta Export

@article{citeulike:1669278, abstract = {Much attention is being paid to the role of public transit in employment-related mobility for urban residents, yet there is very little evidence of the degree to which one affects the other. Little research has focused on how labor participation is affected by increases in urban workers' access to public transportation. Research on the spatial mismatch hypothesis has dealt with the relationship between labor participation and the spatial separation of workers' residences from suitable jobs; however, most analyses concentrate on commuting time or distance as a function of auto use. Few studies have considered the impacts of public transportation on labor participation. This article describes a study analyzing the locations and employment characteristics of workers with varying levels of access to public transit. Using census data and a variety of spatial measures generated by a geographic information system (GIS), a two-stage least squares regression was used to estimate the relationship of access to public transit with labor participation levels for Portland, Oregon, and Atlanta, Georgia. The results suggest that access to public transit is a significant factor in determining average rates of labor participation within these two cities. {\copyright} American Planning Association.}, address = {Center for Urban Studies, Portland State University}, author = {Sanchez, T. W.}, citeulike-article-id = {1669278}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0032821656}, comment = {More seriously, this is a KEY background article for our work. }, journal = {J. Am. Plann. Assoc.}, keywords = {access, labor, transit}, number = {3}, pages = {284--296}, posted-at = {2007-09-18 14:55:10}, priority = {2}, title = {The connection between public transit and employment the cases of Portland and Atlanta}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0032821656}, volume = {65}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1669278 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1669278 N2 - Much attention is being paid to the role of public transit in employment-related mobility for urban residents, yet there is very little evidence of the degree to which one affects the other. Little research has focused on how labor participation is affected by increases in urban workers' access to public transportation. Research on the spatial mismatch hypothesis has dealt with the relationship between labor participation and the spatial separation of workers' residences from suitable jobs; however, most analyses concentrate on commuting time or distance as a function of auto use. Few studies have considered the impacts of public transportation on labor participation. This article describes a study analyzing the locations and employment characteristics of workers with varying levels of access to public transit. Using census data and a variety of spatial measures generated by a geographic information system (GIS), a two-stage least squares regression was used to estimate the relationship of access to public transit with labor participation levels for Portland, Oregon, and Atlanta, Georgia. The results suggest that access to public transit is a significant factor in determining average rates of labor participation within these two cities. © American Planning Association. IS - 3 JF - J. Am. Plann. Assoc. AD - Center for Urban Studies, Portland State University EP - 296 TI - The connection between public transit and employment the cases of Portland and Atlanta VL - 65 SP - 284 KW - access KW - labor KW - transit N1 - More seriously, this is a KEY background article for our work. AU - Sanchez, TW PY - 1999/// UR - http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0032821656 ER -