Economic benefits of employment transportation services : final report

PDFResearch PaperEmploymentEconomic factorsWelfare economicsService agenciesThakuriah, P.Sriraj, P. S.Soot, SiimPersky, JosephUniversity of Illinois at Chicago. Urban Transportation CenterNTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic ImpactsNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Transit Planning and PolicyNTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Social ImpactsUS Transportation CollectionThis report examines the benefits that accrue from employment transportation services implemented as a result of changes in welfare policy, namely the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996. Employment transportation services were developed to provide access to jobs for people who otherwise have few transportation options, either because public transportation is not available to their work locations (or for employment-supportive trips such as daycare, schools, job-training or for job search activities) or because they cannot afford to own and operate a private vehicle