Precarious Car Ownership Among Low-Income Households
This research examines two aspects of low-income households’ car ownership histories First, how and where do households acquire cars? A car is likely a household’s most expensive durable asset. As such, understanding the processes of acquiring a car, the constraints that households face, and the compromises they make are crucially important. Second, when low-income households lose access to a car, how does this loss of mobility affect their employment, income, health, and other aspects of their lives? There is a wealth of transportation research examining the effects of acquiring a car, but losing a car is not well understood. This research will focus on the effects of losing a car on access to food, healthcare, recreational opportunities, childcare and child-serving travel, visits with friends and family, and the search for housing and employment.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $50808
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Contract Numbers:
69A3551747119
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Kline, Robin
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Performing Organizations:
Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY United States 14853 -
Principal Investigators:
Klein, Nicholas
- Start Date: 20211001
- Expected Completion Date: 20220930
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Access; Automobile ownership; Economic impacts; Employment; Health; Households; Low income groups; Mobility; Quality of life
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01788165
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health
- Contract Numbers: 69A3551747119
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Nov 17 2021 2:03PM