Although a significant fraction of public transit riders in the United States are immigrants, relatively little research explores whether immigrants have unique transit experiences. This paper analyzes intercept survey data from 1,247 transit riders in the San Francisco Bay Area to explore how mode choices and travel experiences differ for low-income immigrants compared to higher-income immigrants and US-born residents. We find that some public transit experiences are similar across all immigrant status and income groups, while in other ways low-income immigrants differ from their higher-income counterparts or from US-born respondents. In particular, low-income immigrants were less likely to have a bus pass or bicycle access. They were far more likely to substitute driving for taking public transit than all other immigrant and income groups. The results underscore the importance of collecting data on country of origin together with travel behavior data, because many experiences are more burdensome for low-income immigrants.

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移民，收入和公共交通感知：截取调查的结果

尽管在美国，公共交通的骑行者中有很大一部分是移民，但很少有研究探讨移民是否具有独特的过境经历。本文分析了来自旧金山湾区1,247名过境乘客的拦截调查数据，以探讨与高收入移民和美国出生居民相比，低收入移民的模式选择和旅行经历有何不同。我们发现，在所有移民身份和收入群体中，某些公共交通经历都是相似的，而在其他方面，低收入移民则不同于高收入移民或美国出生的受访者。特别是，低收入移民获得公交通行证或自行车通行的可能性较小。与所有其他移民和收入群体相比，他们更有可能用驾驶代替公共交通。