transportation equity

Map posted May 25, 2010

The contrast between East Elmhurst and another western Queens neighborhood, Woodside, is striking. In East Elmhurst, more residents drive or ride in a car to work than take the subway. Two-thirds of Elmhurst households own cars, and a strikingly high share - 12 percent of all commuters - carpool to work, a sign of the heavy reliance in the neighborhood on private vehicles.

Map posted May 25, 2010

Bathgate is a Bronx commercial area that benefits from a strong mix of transit options, including two subway lines, Metro North and, at its northern edge, Select Bus Service along Fordham Road. 

Map posted May 25, 2010

Unlike its industrial neighbors Willets Point to the west and College Point to the north, downtown Flushing is a commerce district whose workers and customers largely come from the surrounding neighborhood and rely on bus, bike or foot. Finance, trade and wholesale companies, many with ties to east Asia, are major employers here.

Among workers who come from outside Flushing, subway commutes are long. A lack of north-south rapid transit options means the only access to southeast Queens is via slow local buses.

Map posted May 25, 2010

Downtown Jamaica, Queens, offers a mix of retail, government, educational and medical employment, attracting many workers who live along the bus subway and commuter lines serving this transit-rich hub. Widespread car-commuting by workers who live outside the local transit corridors suggests that while well served by two rail trunks, Jamaica is also challenging to access from neighborhoods outside of Queens.