Bus Routes Helping Bridge Milwaukee’s Notorious Racial-Economic Divide
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New research shows two reverse-commute bus routes are providing a vital link for low-income neighborhoods. But the state may stop funding them.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Job Sprawl
Stories About Marathon Walking Commuters Receiving Benevolent Donations of Cars Are Actually Terrible
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These stories aren't heartwarming. They highlight systemic, persistent injustice that goes unaddressed.
What’s Driving Hospital Sprawl?
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The trend toward private rooms has hospitals heading for the cornfields.
The Injustice of Subsidizing Jobs People Can Only Reach By Driving
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The more far-flung the jobs in a region, the fewer are accessible via transit, biking, and walking -- or even a short, inexpensive car commute. And yet, in many states, economic development policies still contribute to long, burdensome commutes, especially for people who can't afford cars.
Confirmed: Sprawl and Bad Transit Increase Unemployment
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Since the 1960s and the earliest days of job sprawl, the theory of “spatial mismatch” — that low-income communities experience higher unemployment because they are isolated from employment centers — has shaped the way people think about urban form and social equity. But it’s also been challenged. The research supporting spatial mismatch has suffered from some nagging […]
The 10 Best and Worst Cities to Catch a Bus to Work
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It’s been called “the geography of opportunity.” And David Levinson is trying to make a science of it. In a new analysis, Levinson, a University of Minnesota transportation engineering professor, and his colleague Andrew Owen have ranked the 50 largest U.S. metro areas based on job accessibility by transit [PDF]. Levinson and Owen used transit schedules and walking […]