ABSTRACT
The urban labor market, the urban housing market, transportation policy and infrastructure, and individual and collective attitudes such as racial discrimination all interact to form a physical, economic, and social map of the metropolis. Several efforts have been made to cross disciplinary boundaries to attempt to develop quantitative urban models of the interactions between the labor market, housing market, transportation system, and public policy in a spatial context. Homeowners face higher relocation costs than renters, and would be expected to be more likely than renters to choose their workplace on the basis of their residential location. To the extent that blacks face discrimination in housing choice, their residential location opportunities are restricted, and they are more likely to be forced to choose a job based on their residential location. The resulting model of the choice of workplace location, housing tenure, and travel mode provides a more systematic view of the interrelationships between labor supply, housing demand, and transportation service demand.
