Report: Transit’s Not Keeping Up With “Job Sprawl”
New Haven Independent January 18, 2015
[Excerpt] The jobs are out in the suburbs. The workers live in the city. The bus often can’t connect the two.… Read More
Report: Lack of transportation in Greater New Haven keeps people out of workforce
New Haven Register January 16, 2015
[Excerpt] According to the report, New Haven has been adding high-paying jobs since 2000 that go primarily to college graduates, and only 4 percent of 47,000 jobs paying more than $20 per hour are held by residents of the city’s low-income neighborhoods. Most of the living-wage jobs in New Haven — 81 percent — are held by out-of-towners. SCRCOG Executive Director Carl Amento called the problem “this mismatch between where the jobs are and where the people are.” … Read More
Transportation drives job inequality
Yale Daily News September 2, 2014
[Excerpt] In the face of a persistently high unemployment rate in the Elm City, the nonprofit organization DataHaven recently released research raising questions about the relationship between public transportation and employment opportunities.… Read More
Op-Ed: Connecting more people to work in Greater New Haven
The CT Mirror May 21, 2014
[Excerpt] Another interesting point to make a note of is that the number of positions accessible by bicycle is greater than the number of positions accessible by public transportation. This indicates that it is also worthwhile to think about improving the current condition of bike routes and bike rack-equipped transit systems, so that both biking and public transit (or the two combined, as bikes can reduce workers’ time getting to or from bus stops) are more on par with private automobiles.… Read More
In Greater New Haven suburbs, immigrants on front lines of growing poverty
New Haven Register May 10, 2014
[Excerpt] New immigrants are landing in suburbs that have undergone a seismic economic shift from enclaves of relative prosperity to hubs of growing poverty. Since 2000, poverty in the suburban communities of East Haven, West Haven and Hamden exploded, growing by 83 percent, according to DataHaven, a New Haven-based demographics analysis firm.… Read More
Community Wellbeing Survey Shows that Greater New Haven Residents Have Much to Celebrate; Sets Sights on Shared Goals
by Mark Abraham January 18, 2013
Note: Please visit our site for more information on the survey, including downloadable reports and results.… Read More