Non-motorized commuting in the US

PO Plaut - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Non-motorized forms of commuting include bicycling, walking to work and working at home
and have the potential for reducing environmental damage. These non-motorized modes …

Factors influencing commute distance: a case study of Toronto's commuter shed

JJ Axisa, DM Scott, KB Newbold - Journal of Transport Geography, 2012 - Elsevier
This study examines factors that influence commute distance within the commuter shed of
Toronto, Canada. The investigation uses data drawn from the 2006 Census of Canada …

Travel from home: an economic geography of commuting distances in Montreal

R Shearmur - Urban Geography, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The question of how home and workplace are linked through commuting is at the heart of
much recent work on metropolitan areas. However, the emphasis tends to be either on …

Revisiting gender, race, and commuting in New York

V Preston, S McLafferty - Geographies of Mobility, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
In the 1990s, many women commuted shorter distances and less time than men, and
research underscored the pernicious effects of racial and ethnic segregation and access to …

Disaggregate journey-to-work data: implications for excess commuting and jobs–housing balance

ME O'Kelly, W Lee - Environment and Planning A, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Much of the analysis to date on the topic of excess commuting and jobs–housing balance
deals with total commuting flow, undifferentiated with respect to worker and job …

Spatial and mediation analysis of the influences of residential and workplace built environments on commuting by car

C Ding, X Zhou, XJ Cao, J Yang - … research part A: policy and practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Built environment interventions have been widely promoted to reduce car use and
associated carbon emissions. Although many studies have explored the relationship …

Transportation, sorting and house values

R Voith - Real Estate Economics, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we examine the importance of accessibility to employment and transportation
system attributes for residential location choice, car ownership and house values. Using the …

[PDF][PDF] What about dual-earner households in jobs? housing balance research? An essential issue in transport geography

S Sultana - Journal of Transport Geography, 2006 - academia.edu
Within the last decade considerable concern has been expressed about increasing
commuting times and their associated negative effects on traffic congestion and air pollution …

Role of the built environment on mode choice decisions: additional evidence on the impact of density

C Chen, H Gong, R Paaswell - Transportation, 2008 - Springer
Density is a key component in the recent surge of mixed-use neighborhood developments.
Empirical research has shown an inconsistent picture on the impact of density. In particular …

Employment centers and travel behavior: Exploring the work commute of Mumbai's rapidly motorizing middle class

M Shirgaokar - Journal of Transport Geography, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Greater Mumbai Region (GMR), jobs and housing are agglomerating in
nodes in the periphery of Mumbai City. However, current transportation investments focus on …