Mark Elliott
June 1999

While many low-income, inner-city job seekers are isolated from economic opportunities in the suburbs, transportation alone is unlikely to improve their employment prospects, according to the authors of this report. Based on the lessons of P/PV’s $17 million five-city Bridges to Work demonstration, the report indicates that while transportation was certainly critical, much of the sites’ success depended more on their ability to recruit, prepare and support job seekers, the essential components of any workforce development program.

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