scholarly journals Racial disparities in travel time to radiotherapy facilities in the Atlanta metropolitan area

2013 ◽  
Vol 89 ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy A. Peipins ◽  
Shannon Graham ◽  
Randall Young ◽  
Brian Lewis ◽  
Barry Flanagan
Keyword(s):  
Racial Disparities ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Metropolitan Area

scholarly journals A Comparison into the Factors Affecting Urban Rail Systems: Local, Express, and High-Speed Rail in Tunnels at a Great Depth in a Metropolitan Area

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9527
Author(s):  
Kyujin Lee ◽  
Woojin Kim ◽  
Junghan Baek ◽  
Junghwa Kim
Keyword(s):  
Travel Time ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Great Depth ◽  
Access Time ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
High Speed Rail ◽  
Urban Rail

In this study, the factors influencing the choice of the type of urban railroad transportation in the metropolitan areas of Korea were analyzed. As the populations of metropolitan areas are expanding, the importance of rail transportation, which has a high travel reliability in terms of travel time, has increased, and various types of railroad systems have emerged accordingly. This study was focused on the choice behavior of travelers on local and express trains that use the same track and differ only in the number of stations and operating times. To compare the choice behavior of travelers between local and express trains, factors such as the waiting time on the platform and the in-car travel time were considered. We also investigated the system choice behavior for an existing express subway and high-speed rail trains in tunnels at a great depth in terms of horizontal access time (walking), vertical access time, in-vehicle travel time, and travel fare. For a high-speed rail built underground at a great depth of 50 m, the stated preference survey was designed, and data were collected in consideration of the Great Train Express being promoted in the Seoul metropolitan area by the Korean government. The results of this study are expected to be considered important data for improving the rail system design from the user’s perspective to increase the demand for urban rail transportation in metropolitan areas.

The impact of the use of intraoperative radiotherapy on costs, travel time and distance for women with breast cancer in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area

2017 ◽  
Vol 116 (6) ◽  
pp. 683-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Enrique Bargallo-Rocha ◽  
Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis ◽  
Francisco Javier Picó-Guzmán ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Quintero-Rodríguez ◽  
David Almog ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Mexico City ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Intraoperative Radiotherapy ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Racial Disparities in Pre-tax Wages and Salaries in Largest Metropolitan Areas in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Achintya Ray
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Racial Disparities ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Gini Coefficient ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
The United States ◽  
Long Beach ◽  
The Usa

The article deals with racial disparities in the distribution of pre-tax wages and salaries for employed individuals in the USA between the ages of 18-65. This study is done for the ten largest metropolitan areas of the USA using the 2019 American Community Survey data. The metropolitan areas included in the study are Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, New York-Newark-Jersey City, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria. Employing well over a quarter of the total employed labour force in the USA, these ten metropolitan areas are also some of the largest industrial worlds. Average pre-tax wages and salaries, the standard deviation of the mean and Gini coefficient by major racial categories are presented for each of these ten metropolitan areas. For each metropolitan area, black employed individuals earned less in pre-tax wages and salaries than white employed individuals. The Gini coefficient of black pre-tax wages and wages is also found to be smaller for each of the metropolitan areas compared to the white counterparts. It suggests a much tighter distribution in pre-tax wages and salaries for blacks compared to whites. Furthermore, employed workers from other races earned less in pre-tax wages and salaries than their white counterparts for each major metro. Except for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area, black employed workers also earned less pre-tax wages and salaries than members of the other races. The Gini coefficients of pre-tax wages and salaries for various metropolitan areas for different races are found to be broadly comparable and often larger than that of the whites. Together, these results point to the fact that the pre-tax wages and salaries of black workers are lower compared to both whites and other races and more tightly distributed. Lastly, the relative inequality between whites and blacks and others and blacks often point to the relatively broader dispersion in the later group compared to the former.

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