Research Article
Jul 1972
Shopping and Work Trips in the Black Ghetto
Publication: Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division
Volume 98, Issue 1
Abstract
Presented herein is information on the willingness of autoless workers to travel lengthy journeys to work and trends, over a 16-yr period, in the access to jobs via bus and via car in the Buffalo, NY area. The frequency and mode of shopping trips as a function of neighborhood characteristics such as access to bus lines, types of stores and their distribution, car ownership and age is presented. The results of a survey in the inner city show that in 1968 bus commuters were willing to travel 2 to 3 times longer to have a choice of jobs 90% as great as that available to their neighbors who commuted by car. Use of a bus decreased by half, as the distance from house to bus stop increased from 0.1 miles to 0.25 miles. Latent demand for shopping trips among the elderly was limited to about 10% of the shoppers who would shop more frequently if travel were more convenient.
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Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division
Volume 98 • Issue 1 • July 1972
Pages: 71 - 83
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© 1972 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Jul 1972
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Charles B. Notess, M.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Civ. Engrg. Dept., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, N.Y.
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