Public Transit and Access to Jobs in the Milwaukee Metropolitan Area, 2001-2004

During the past several years, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Economic Development (CED) has produced a number of studies focusing on transit service and access to jobs in the Milwaukee region.In 2008, the Center authored a study that examined the impact of transit service reductions from 2001 to 2007 on access to employment in the Milwaukee metro area.We followed that report with studies in 2010 and 2011 examining how proposed service reductions for the Milwaukee County Transit System would affect transit service to regional employers.This study examines the impact of transit service cuts and service expansions that have occurred between 2001 and 2014 on access to jobs in the Milwaukee Metro area.This report was written by Joel Rast, associate professor of political science and urban studies and director of CED.Maps, tables, and GIS and data analysis were done by Catherine Madison.Additional data analysis was done by Lisa Heuler Williams.We are grateful for the assistance of the Milwaukee County and Waukesha Metro Transit Systems in the preparation of this study.CED is a unit of the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.The College established CED in 1990 to provide university research and technical assistance to community organizations and units of government working to improve the Greater Milwaukee economy.The analysis and conclusions presented in this report are solely those of CED and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of UW -Milwaukee, or any of the organizations providing financial support to the Center.CED strongly believes that informed public debate is vital to the development of good public policy.The Center publishes briefing papers, detailed analyses of economic trends and policies, and "technical assistance" reports on issues of applied economic development.In these ways, as well as in conferences and public lectures sponsored by the Center, we hope to contribute to public discussion on economic development policy in Southeastern Wisconsin.Further information about the Center and its reports and activities is available at our web site: www.