Transportation
The Depressing Truth About Single Mothers and Job Access
In Toronto, single-parent households face a serious transit disadvantage.
A transit system with good access to job centers is vital to all residents of a city, but it's especially important to single mothers. Not only do they earn less income than any other household with children, but they face a constant time crunch. Every minute a single mother loses to her commute is one she can't use for a parenting task.
But single parents in general, and single mothers in particular, face a considerable disadvantage when it comes to job access, according to a new study in Urban Geography.