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Jobs accessibility by travel mode in U.S. metropolitan areas

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines job accessibility by travel mode in three U.S. metropolitan areas-Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The computed job-access measures indicate that workers who depend on public transportation have much lower levels of accessible job opportunities than workers who have access to automobiles. The measures also indicate that despite substantial job suburbanization, central-city areas still offer more of a geographical advantage in accessing employment opportunities than suburban areas. The geographical disparity in job accessibility is much smaller than the auto/transit disparity, suggesting that travel mode has greater importance in determining job accessibility than location.

Source: Theory and Applications of GIS

DOI: 10.5638/thagis.11.165

Author: Mizuki KAWABATA

Institutions: Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo, The University of Tokyo

Language: English

Topic: Urban Transport and Accessibility

Subfield: Transportation

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1964400402

FWCI: 3.456

Cites: 10

Cited by: 12

Related to: 10