1: A new study from the Brookings Institution says the number of jobs within a typical commute distance for residents in major metro areas of the U.S . fell by 7 % between 2000 and 2012 . 2:  Residents of high-poverty and majority-minority neighborhoods experienced particularly pronounced declines in job proximity ,  they wrote , observing that 61 % of high-poverty tracts and 55 % of majority-minority neighborhoods experienced declines in job proximity between 2000 and 2012 . 3: A new Brookings study says proximity to jobs is declining .
1: a typical commute distance 2: job proximity 3: proximity