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How Moving to Work could teach us about the benefits and costs of car access

Moving to Work offers an excellent platform for learning systematically about low-income people’s travel choices.

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20 years ago, Utah set out to plan for its demographic future. The rest of the country should follow suit.

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America may be rethinking its love affair with cars.

We’re driving less. Adjusted for population growth, the number of vehicle miles driven per year has dropped 8.9 percent since peaking in 2005. We’re also buying fewer cars. While driving will accelerate as the economy improves, many Americans would rather not have to drive so much.

But a new study  suggests there is at least one group that may need help to drive more, not less: low-income residents of high-poverty neighborhoods.