Socioeconomics, Sustainability, Health, and Human Factors

TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR), No. 2598 consists of 14 papers that explore socioeconomic issues in the transportation sector, including:

• Firm Births, Access to Transit, and Agglomeration in Portland, Oregon, and Dallas, Texas
• Socioeconomic Discrepancies in Children’s Access to Physical Activity Facilities: Activity Space Analysis
• Behavioral Effects of Completing a Critical Link in the American Tobacco Trail
• Spatial Aggregation Method for Anonymous Surveys: Case Study for Associations Between Urban Environment and Obesity
• Multimodal Transportation Choices and Health: Exploratory Analysis Using Data Fusion Techniques
• Global Trade Creation, Trade Diversion, and Economic Impacts from Changing Global Transport Costs
• Differences in Spending by Local Trail Users: Two-Part Model of Expenditures
• Evaluating the Economic and Social Implications of Participation in Clean Vehicle Rebate Programs: Who’s In, Who’s Out?
• Aging Populations and Transit-Oriented Development: Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Neighborhood Trends from 2000 and 2010
• Fleet Management and the Adoption of Innovations by Corporate Car Fleets: Exploratory Approach
• Relationship Between Human Capital and Transportation Sustainability for the United States and Selected European Countries
• Gender Differences in School and Work Commuting Mode Through the Life Cycle: Exploring Trends in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, 1986 to 2011
• Cycling by Choice or Necessity? Exploring the Gender Gap in Bicycling in Oregon
• Environmental Justice and Pedestrianism: Sidewalk Continuity, Race, and Poverty in New Orleans, Louisiana