nationally, only about 25% of jobs in low & middle-skill industries are accessible via transit...
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Nationally, only about 25% of jobs in low & middle-skill industries are accessible via transit within 90 minutes
-Tomer, Kneebone, Puentes and Berube, “Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America” (Brookings Institute, 2011)
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For every $1 invested in transportation programs, there is $1.90 in economic return
-JARC program- Economic Benefits Study Professor Piyushimita Thakuriah, University of Illinois
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More than 80,000 Baltimore-area households are without a vehicle
-Tomer, Kneebone, Puentes and Berube, “Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America” (Brookings Institute,
2011)
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Across 100 of the largest metropolitan areas: • About 22% work within 3 miles of the city
center
• 35% work more than 10 miles from the city center
-Blumenberg and Waller, “The Long Journey to Work: A federal Transportation Policy for Working Families” (Brookings Institution, 2011)
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Low-and moderate-income households spend 42% of their income on transportation
Middle-income households spend less than 22%
-Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey 2000
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Small town and rural community residents: • 41% have no access to transit
• 25% have below-average transit services-Matthew Dolan “Detroit’s Broken Buses Vex a Broken City”Wall Street Journal, 2014
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Every $1Billion invested in public transit capital/ operations creates or supports:
• 36,000 jobs
• $3.6 billion in business sales
• Nearly $500 Million in federal, state and local tax revenue
-Economic Development Research Group
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Nearly 20% of African-American households, 14% of Latino households and 13% of Asian households live without a car
-Brookings Institution and UC-Berkeley, Socioeconomic Differences in Household Automobile Ownership Rates
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