Driven to Spend: Pumping Dollars Out of Our Households and Communities
Contributing Organization(s): Center for Neighborhood Technology
Author(s)/Creator(s): Center for Neighborhood Technology; Surface Transportation Policy Project
Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Issue Areas: Energy and Environment; Transportation
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File info: 23 pages; 268.65 KB file size
This report examines the impacts of transportation spending on households in the 28 metro areas for which the federal government collects expenditure data and of rising gas prices on both households and regional economies. It finds that households in regions that have invested in public transportation reap financial benefits from having access to affordable mobility options, even as gas prices rise, and that regions with public transit are losing less per household from the increase in gas prices than those without transit options.
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Language code: English
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Coverage:
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Illinois-Cook County-Chicago
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Kansas-Kansas City
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Michigan-Detroit
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Minnesota-Minneapolis
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Minnesota-St. Paul
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Minnesota-Twin Cities
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Missouri-Kansas City
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Missouri-St. Louis County-St. Louis
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Ohio-Cincinnati
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Ohio-Cuyahoga County-Cleveland
- North America-United States (Midwest)-Wisconsin-Milwaukee County-Milwaukee
- North America-United States (Northeast)-Massachusetts-Boston
- North America-United States (Northeast)-New York-New York County-New York City
- North America-United States (Northeast)-Pennsylvania-Allegheny County-Pittsburgh
- North America-United States (South)-District of Columbia-Washington
- North America-United States (South)-Florida-Hillsborough County-Tampa
- North America-United States (South)-Florida-Miami-Dade County-Miami
- North America-United States (South)-Georgia-Fulton County-Atlanta
- North America-United States (South)-Maryland-Baltimore
- North America-United States (Southwest)-Arizona-Maricopa County-Phoenix
- North America-United States (Southwest)-Texas-Dallas
- North America-United States (Southwest)-Texas-Houston
- North America-United States (Southwest)-Texas-Tarrant County-Fort Worth
- North America-United States (West)-Alaska-Anchorage Borough-Anchorage
- North America-United States (West)-California-Los Angeles County-Los Angeles
- North America-United States (West)-California-San Diego County-San Diego
- North America-United States (West)-California-San Francisco
- North America-United States (West)-Colorado
- North America-United States (West)-Colorado-Denver
- North America-United States (West)-Hawaii-Honolulu City and County-Honolulu
- North America-United States (West)-Mountain States
- North America-United States (West)-Oregon-Portland
- North America-United States (West)-Washington-Seattle
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