Jason Schulist was a guest on Outside the Box with Ben Cominos.
Listen here (interview starts at 44 minutes).
- In the Fox Valley, reliable transportation means safe, affordable, and practical ways for people to reach work, school, health care, food, worship, and social activities on a consistent basis.
- The Fox Valley Data Exchange treats reliable transportation as one of the seven “Vital Conditions for Wellbeing,” alongside humane housing, meaningful work and wealth, lifelong learning, and others, because transportation strongly affects jobs, health, and social connection.
- Practically, this includes:
- Owning or accessing a dependable car (often the primary way to get around in the tri‑county area).
- Having public transit options (like Valley Transit buses) that run where and when people need them.
- Safe walking and biking routes, including traffic speeds, crossings, sidewalks, and trails.
- The Data Exchange lets users map and compare indicators (such as commute times, car access, and active transport to work) by county, city, ZIP code, and census tract, helping pinpoint neighborhoods where lack of transportation is a barrier.
- Reliable transportation connects closely with other wellbeing conditions. Without it, people may miss work, delay medical care, struggle to buy groceries, or be cut off from education and community life.
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