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THE ACCESS ALMANAC: Transportation Costs And Economic Opportunity Among The Poor
Sharelines Transportation costs burden families but also yields enormous benefits. A widely cited report says transportation costs are increasing and comprise a much larger share of expenditures in...
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THE ACCESS ALMANAC: Auto Insurance Redlining In The Inner City
Sharelines Insurance redlining follows geography and embeds inequality into institutionalized practice. One of the most controversial issues related to automobile insurance is the accusation of...
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Stuck at Home: When Driving Isn’t a Choice
Sharelines The elderly and disabled often face transportation barriers to services. In 2004, I surveyed almost 800 disabled and elderly people and more than 500 caregivers in a California homecare...
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Down to the Meter: Localized Vehicle Pollution
Sharelines Transportation can have very localized health effects. Air pollution control programs have helped improve many aspects of regional air quality over the past thirty years despite tremendous...
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Paved with Good Intentions: Fiscal Politics, Freeways and the 20th Century...
Sharelines Finance drove and shaped the interstate highway system. Stuck in traffic in Washington, DC in 1959, President Eisenhower was shocked to learn that the delay was being caused by Interstate...
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Just Road Pricing
Sharelines Road pricing is regressive, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not fair. Economists have long advocated road pricing as an efficient way to reduce congestion and improve the environment. Many...
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Transportation, Jobs, and Economic Growth
Sharelines Equating transportation investment with jobs and economic gains is not sound group for public policy. American politicians are bitterly divided on many matters of public policy, yet they...
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Equity as a Factor in Surface Transportation Politics
Download a PDF of this article. Sharelines High occupancy vehicle lanes leave no one worse off. By far the largest federal infrastructure grant program in the United States is for highways and urban...
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Going Mental: Everyday Travel and the Cognitive Map
Download a PDF of this article. Sharelines Drivers and bikers develop richer ‘mental maps’ than passengers. How do you get to work? Do you have a preferred route to your favorite restaurant? To the...
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A Driving Factor in Moving to Opportunity
Download the PDF. Sharelines Does moving to a wealthier neighborhood mean you’ll be better off? In 1992, the US Congress authorized the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing voucher program to operate in...
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