How welfare recipients travel on public transit, and their accessibility to employment outside large urban centers

Transportation Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 25-37

  Blumenberg, Evelyn ^a   Shiki, Kimiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AUTOMOBILES; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0038613666     PISSN: 02789434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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