Catch That Bus: Reverse-Commute Challenges Facing Low Income Inner-City Residents of Onondaga County

Suburban sprawl is a 20th century phenomenon that affects where people live and where they work.  Like the exodus of people from the city to the suburbs, the movement of jobs to the urban periphery reflects a preference for avoiding the economic, environmental, and social costs that city living seems to impose.

But as job opportunities in the suburbs have increased, the ability of low-income inner-city residents to travel to and from those jobs has not kept pace.  Inadequate transportation -- both public and private -- has made "reverse commuting" a challenge for workers, job seekers, employers and policy makers, alike.

WIED experts focus on the links among job sprawl, job mobility, transportation, and workforce development as a basis for policy recommendations that would enhance the economic visibility of a region and its residents.  

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