Center for Neighborhood Technology: Basis Report for A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families
October 2006
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A Heavy Load presents the highlights of two studies commissioned bythe Center for Housing Policy as part of its work on housing and transportation supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. One report, prepared by researchers from the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Virginia Tech, examines how combined housing and transportation cost burdens affect the neighborhood choices of working families, and in turn, their quality of life in terms of job access, congestion and sprawl. The other report, prepared by researchers from the Institute of Transportation Studies at University of California, Berkeley focuses on the housing and transportation choices and tradeoffs of individual working family households. It considers how these outcomes differ by family type and how they compare to upper-income families. The Berkeley report is available here. The CNT report is available below. |
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Center for Neighborhood Technology
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) promotes the development of more livable and sustainable communities. CNT strives to recognize, preserve and enhance the value of hidden assets and undervalued resources inherent in our urban environment to make households, neighborhoods and regions more efficient, more economically viable and more equitable.
Research provided by Peter M. Haas, Carrie Makarewicz, Albert Benedict & Thomas W. Sanchez from Virginia Tech, and Casey Dawkins.
Report: Housing and Transportation Costs and Burdens of Working Families in 28 Metros (PDF)
Appendix A: Summary and Background Tables (PDF)
Appendix B: 28 Metro Profiles and Affordability and Accessibility Regression Results (PDF)p
28 Individual Metro Profiles (PDF)
Select Metro Area Congestion compare to incomes and employment center locations (PDF)