In urban areas, the inequitable distribution of transit systems and services has been shown
to reproduce safety and environmental risks–potentially exacerbating preexisting inequities …

Abstract Building on Blumenberg and Agrawal's (2014) study of the transportation survival
strategies employed by low-income people, this study finds that not only do transit …

The provision of mass urban transit is frequently tied to agendas of social justice and equity.
Yet there are persistent challenges to locating justice within urban mobility regimes. Drawing …

While the COVID-19 pandemic upended many aspects of life as we knew it, its effects on US
public transit were especially dramatic. Many former transit commuters began to work from …

Problem, research strategy, and findings Millions of North Americans stopped riding public
transit in response to COVID-19. We treat this crisis as a natural experiment to illustrate the …

Scholarly discussions of accessibility and spatial mismatch largely ignore transit's role in
linking vulnerable populations to opportunity. Yet as the nation's low–income population has …

In this paper we examine social and economic trends in California's transit-friendly
neighborhoods since 2000. In particular, we explore the relationship between high …

Increased redevelopment, the dismantling of public housing, and increasing housing costs
are forcing a shift in migration of lower income and transit dependent populations to the …

The success of transit systems, traditionally gauged through ridership metrics, must also be
assessed via transit accessibility because accessibility to destinations indicates the quality …

Strong public and political support for mass transit in the US is based on lofty goals,
including congestion reduction, economic development, aesthetics, sustainability, and much …