Nationally, only about 25% of jobs in low & middle-skill industries are accessible via transit within 90 minutes

-Tomer, Kneebone, Puentes and Berube, “Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America” (Brookings Institute, 2011)

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

For every $1 invested in transportation programs, there is $1.90 in economic return

-JARC program- Economic Benefits Study Professor Piyushimita Thakuriah, University of Illinois

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

More than 80,000 Baltimore-area households are without a vehicle

-Tomer, Kneebone, Puentes and Berube, “Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America” (Brookings Institute,

2011)

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

Across 100 of the largest metropolitan areas: • About 22% work within 3 miles of the city

center

• 35% work more than 10 miles from the city center

-Blumenberg and Waller, “The Long Journey to Work: A federal Transportation Policy for Working Families” (Brookings Institution, 2011)

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

Low-and moderate-income households spend 42% of their income on transportation

Middle-income households spend less than 22%

-Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Survey 2000

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

Small town and rural community residents: • 41% have no access to transit

• 25% have below-average transit services-Matthew Dolan “Detroit’s Broken Buses Vex a Broken City”Wall Street Journal, 2014

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

Every $1Billion invested in public transit capital/ operations creates or supports:

• 36,000 jobs

• $3.6 billion in business sales

• Nearly $500 Million in federal, state and local tax revenue

-Economic Development Research Group

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

Nearly 20% of African-American households, 14% of Latino households and 13% of Asian households live without a car

-Brookings Institution and UC-Berkeley, Socioeconomic Differences in Household Automobile Ownership Rates

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

#EMF2014

Our mission at CUPs Coffeehouse is to employ and empower disconnected youth so that they may become financially independent leaders within their family and

community.

Today’s Caterer