Brother can you spare a ride? Carpooling in immigrant neighbourhoods

E Blumenberg, M Smart - Urban Studies, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Immigrants are more likely to travel by carpool than the US-born. Strong ethnic ties within
immigrant communities may contribute to immigrants' propensity to carpool, enabling …

[HTML][HTML] Getting by with a little help from my friends… and family: immigrants and carpooling

E Blumenberg, M Smart - Transportation, 2010 - Springer
While much of the scholarly literature on immigrants' travel focuses on transit use, the
newest arrivals to the United States make over twelve times as many trips by carpool as by …

Unraveling the effects of residence in an ethnic enclave on immigrants' travel mode choices

EJ Shin - Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the relationship between immigrants' residence in an ethnic enclave
and use of alternative modes of transportation. Ethnic enclaves may offer stronger social …

Understanding carpool use by Hispanics in Texas

ME Cline, C Sparks… - Transportation research …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
The Hispanic population in Texas has increased numerically faster than any other racial or
ethnic group in the past 2 decades. If these trends continue, Texas is likely to become a …

A nationwide look at the immigrant neighborhood effect on travel mode choice

MJ Smart - Transportation, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Immigrants to the United States walk, bicycle, and use transit and carpools more
than US-born residents do. These differences persist over time and across income groups …

[PDF][PDF] Demographics of carpooling

E Ferguson - Transportation Research Record, 1995 - onlinepubs.trb.org
Carpooling may be defined as shared ride trips via private automobiles for the journey to
and from work. In the past, researchers argued that carpoolers could not be distinguished …

[HTML][HTML] Difference in travel behavior between immigrants in the us and us born residents: The immigrant effect for car-sharing, ride-sharing, and bike-sharing services

S Lee, MJ Smart, A Golub - Transportation research interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding immigrants' travel behavior is important to transportation planners and
policymakers working to implement better transportation planning and public policies to …

Travel behavior among Latino immigrants: The role of ethnic concentration and ethnic employment

CY Liu, G Painter - Journal of Planning Education and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This article investigates the determinants of Latino immigrants' travel mode choices (auto
alone, carpool, transit, and other modes) from six different immigrant gateways: Atlanta …

Immigrants and transportation: an analysis of immigrant workers' work trips

S Kim - Cityscape, 2009 - JSTOR
A significant increase in immigrant populations in the United States poses various social and
economic issues. Transportation mobility is one of the most crucial components for …

Who chooses to carpool and why? Examination of Texas carpoolers

J Li, P Embry, SP Mattingly… - Transportation …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
The debate over high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) and high-occupancy toll lane efficiency has
raised questions about whether HOVs should be given preferential treatment on managed …