Causality, not just correlation: Residential location, transport rationales and travel behavior across metropolitan contexts

P Næss, S Peters, H Stefansdottir, A Strand - Journal of transport …, 2018 - Elsevier
The literature on relationships between the built environment and travel is extensive, but the
vast majority of such studies relies solely on statistical analyses of travel survey data, with …

The effects of the land use system on travel behavior: a structural equation modeling approach

V Van Acker, F Witlox, B Van Wee - Transportation planning and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Notwithstanding the extensive research that exists on the strength of the relationship
between land use and travel behavior, a consensus has not yet been reached. One possible …

Examining the impacts of residential self-selection on travel behavior: Methodologies and empirical findings

X Cao, PL Mokhtarian, S Handy - 2006 - torrossa.com
Numerous studies have observed that residents of higher-density, mixeduse
(“traditional”,“neo-traditional”, or “new urbanist”) neighborhoods tend to walk more and drive …

Exploring the connections among residential location, self-selection, and driving: Propensity score matching with multiple treatments

XJ Cao, Z Xu, Y Fan - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2010 - Elsevier
A large number of studies have investigated the association between the built environment
and travel behavior. However, most studies did not explicitly quantify the contribution of …

Evaluating transportation land use impacts

T Litman - 2008 - trid.trb.org
This paper examines ways that transportation decisions affect land use patterns and
resulting economic, social and environmental impacts. These include direct impacts on land …

A micro-analysis of land use and travel in five neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area

R Kitamura, PL Mokhtarian, L Laidet - Transportation, 1997 - Springer
This study examined the effects of land use and attitudinal characteristics on travel behavior
for five diverse San Francisco Bay Area neighborhoods. First, socio-economic and …

Travel behavior as function of accessibility, land use mixing, and land use balance: evidence from San Francisco Bay Area

K Maria Kockelman - Transportation research record, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
The relative significance and influence of a variety of measures of urban form on household
vehicle kilometers traveled, automobile ownership, and mode choice were investigated. The …

How far out of the way will we travel? Built environment influences on route selection for bicycle and car travel

M Winters, K Teschke, M Grant… - Transportation …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Current travel demand models are calibrated for motorized transportation and do not
perform as well for nonmotorized modes. Little evidence exists on how much, and for what …

Economic determinants of urban form: resulting trade-offs between active and sedentary forms of travel

LD Frank - American journal of preventive medicine, 2004 - Elsevier
Economic factors have an impact on how the built environment is shaped, which in turn
affects how we choose to travel. Regional transportation investment decisions are firmly …

Stepping towards causation: do built environments or neighborhood and travel preferences explain physical activity, driving, and obesity?

LD Frank, BE Saelens, KE Powell… - Social science & medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
Evidence documents associations between neighborhood design and active and sedentary
forms of travel. Most studies compare travel patterns for people located in different types of …