The road from welfare to work: Informal transportation and the urban poor

Individuals struggling to move from welfare to work face numerous obstacles . This Article addresses one of those obstacles: lack of transportation. Wi thout reliable transportation, many welfare recipients are unable to find a nd maintain jobs located out of the reach of traditional forms of public tr ansportation. Professor Garnett argues that lawmakers should remove restric tions on jitney services, allowing entrepreneurs to provide low-cost transp ortation to their communities. This reform would not only help people get t o work, but it could also provide jobs for law-income people.