The Met Council has three maps that everyone who is interested in this issue
should see. One is the location of the homes of people on MFIP (welfare).
Second is the location of entry level jobs. Third is the location of high
frequency transit service. The fourth fact, is that 25% of Mpls residents
on MFIP assistance have cars. The disconnects are obvious. Below is the
link to look at these. They will take a minute to load as they are pretty
detailed.
http://www.metrocouncil.org/planning/jobaccess.htm
Carol Becker
Longfellow
> Again, this boils down to a really bad public
> transportation system. While you may be able to catch
> a bus to Eden Prairie, you will be dropped at the Eden
> Prairie center. If you work in Eden Prairie but a
> couple miles from the Eden Prairie center, that bus
> ride doesn't help you much. Communities like Eden
> Prairie don't have a circulation system to take people
> from the Eden Prairie Center to the local companies.
> The other side of the coin is people from the city are
> reluctant to take jobs with poor transportation like
> this because if they have an emergency and have to
> leave work, they can't get back into the city.
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