Equity in accessibility: Moving from disparity to insufficiency analyses

K Martens, ME Singer… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Problem, research strategy, and findings Many studies on transport equity have analyzed
disparities in access to destinations between different population groups. In this study, we …

Disability, access to out-of-home activities, and subjective well-being

K Ralph, EA Morris, J Kwon - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
People with disabilities tend to participate in fewer out-of-home activities, raising concerns
about their well-being. This paper investigates travel and activity barriers faced by people …

Transitions into and out of car ownership among low-income households in the United States

NJ Klein, R Basu, MJ Smart - Journal of Planning Education …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine transitions into and out of car ownership among low-income households. We
use a novel online survey of US residents to investigate why households lose access to a …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomics of Urban Travel in the US: Evidence from the 2017 NHTS

X Wang, JL Renne - Transportation research part D: Transport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Using the 2017 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), this study analyzes
America's urban travel trends compared with earlier nationwide travel surveys, and …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in child care access across neighborhood types: A two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) approach

E Blumenberg, Z Yao, M Wander - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Finding safe and high-quality child care is critical to working parents. However, research
suggests that formal child care—both family child care and center-based child care—is in …

“I just don't go nowhere:” How transportation disadvantage reinforces social exclusion

C Ward, D Walsh - Journal of Transport Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Building on Blumenberg and Agrawal's (2014) study of the transportation survival
strategies employed by low-income people, this study finds that not only do transit …

Buying access one trip at a time: lower-income households and ride-hail

A Brown, NJ Klein, MJ Smart… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Problem, research strategy, and findings New transportation options like ride-hail can
expand accessibility without the costs of car ownership. Ride-hail's potential is particularly …

Financial status and travel time to driving schools as barriers to obtaining a young driver license in a state with comprehensive young driver licensing policy

X Dong, JS Wu, ST Jensen, EA Walshe… - Accident Analysis & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The highest lifetime risk for a motor vehicle crash is immediately after the point of licensure,
with teen drivers most at risk. Comprehensive teen driver licensing policies that require …

Rural–nonrural divide in car access and unmet travel need in the United States

W Wang, S Espeland, JM Barajas, D Rowangould - Transportation, 2023 - Springer
Car access is practically a necessity to get around in rural areas of the United States. Yet
approximately 4% of rural residents or 4.3 million people do not have a car. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Validating the sixteen-item transportation security index in a nationally representative sample: A confirmatory factor analysis

AK Murphy, A Gould-Werth, J Griffin - Survey Practice, 2021 - surveypractice.org
Scholars, policymakers, and planners lack a single, valid measure of transportation
insecurity. This has hindered the development of evidence on the relationship between …