Socioeconomic Effects
Residential and Job Mobility
How Does the Flexibility Afforded by Automobiles Reduce Residential Mobility and Uncrease Job Mobility?
As far as significant socioeconomic status differentials are concerned, Reeder's (1956) study revealed that respondents in the upper socioeconomic status occupations tended to spend less time traveling between their home and place of work than those in lower socioeconomic status occupational categories. Reeder (1956) concludes that widespread ownership of the automobile and its use as the major vehicle of transportation in the journey to work render greater flexibility to the breadwinner with regard to location of residence in terms of workplace... read more »
Automobiles as the Principal Mode of Travel
Why Are Automobiles as the Principal Mode of Travel?
As for automobile use, Reeder's (1956) research shows that the automobile has displaced public transportation as the principal mode of travel to and from work... read more »
The Separation of Workplace from Place of Residence & the Necessity of the Automobile
How Does The Separation of Workplace from Place of Residence Influence the Necessity of the Automobiles?
Reeder's (1956) investigation in Spokane, Washington was concerned with the separation of workplace from place of residence. Data from interviews was collected from 331 respondents, and was coded on the basis of education, age, income, residential and job mobility, occupation, house type, dwelling area rating, in addition to the journey to work variables of mode of transportation, costs, and time. Reeder (1956) points out that the mode of travel in the city is related to the city's size... read more »
Time-cost Expenditures in the Journey to Work Vary According to Socioeconomic Characteristics
How Do Time-cost Expenditures in the Journey to Work Vary According to Socioeconomic Characteristics?
Reeder (1956) subscribes to the hypothesis that each worker seeks to minimize the distance from home to work and that the distribution of industrial workers is a consequence of the principle of least effort (in other words, to maximize utility with the least amount of work). Ranyak (1952) modifies this hypothesis by suggesting that people tend to minimize their journey to work, maximize their employment benefits and maximize their residential amenities (Reeder, 1956)... read more »
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