Transportation Planning for Access to Jobs; Job Access and the Metropolitan Planning Process in Hartford, St. Louis, and Detroit
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1997-08-28
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00742523
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NTL Classification:NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Transit Planning and Policy
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Abstract:Federal, state, and local welfare reform initiatives may require the planning
and development of new and innovative public transportation services to ensure
that ex-welfare recipients have the needed mobility to reach employment
opportunities, many of which may be outside of traditional transit markets.
This report documents job access planning activities undertaken in Hartford,
Connecticut, St. Louis, Missouri, and Detroit, Michigan. Each of the three
case study areas have initiated significant planning efforts focused on
developing transportation solutions which meet locally defined goals and
objectives for welfare reform.
What these three areas have in common is the important role that the
metropolitan transportation planning process plays in facilitating a
collaborative environment for the planning and development of job access
strategies. City-to-suburb transportation problems require a regional approach
to problem solving, and --- as demonstrated in each of the three case study
areas --- the involvement of the metropolitan planning organization (MPO),
regional and community public transit operators, social service and workforce
development agencies, and the private sector --- is critical to forging a
metropolitan strategy to job access in support of welfare reform.
The report describes these findings in more detail, and summarizes the job
access planning activities in each of the three metropolitan areas. Topics
addressed include local conditions; the nature and magnitude of the job access
problem; types and characteristics of existing and planned services; anticipated
impact of proposed solutions; organizational roles and responsibilities; context
of the planning effort within the metropolitan transportation planning process;
resource constraints; and planning methods. This document is also available in HTLM format at http://www.fta.dot.gov/office/planning/access.htm.
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