Travel and the built environment: a synthesis

R Ewing, R Cervero - Transportation research record, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
The potential to moderate travel demand through changes in the built environment is the
subject of more than 50 recent empirical studies. The majority of recent studies are …

The built environment and human activity patterns: exploring the impacts of urban form on public health

LD Frank, PO Engelke - Journal of planning literature, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
An increasing body of evidence suggests that moderate forms of physical activity (such as
walking and bicycling), when engaged in regularly, can have important beneficial effects on …

The influence of land use on travel behavior: specification and estimation strategies

M Boarnet, R Crane - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2001 - Elsevier
While the relationship between urban form and travel behavior is a key element of many
current planning initiatives aimed at reducing car travel, the literature faces two major …

The relationships between urban form and travel patterns. An international review and evaluation

D Stead, S Marshall - European journal of transport and …, 2001 - journals.open.tudelft.nl
There is a growing body of research concerned with the relationship between urban form
and travel patterns. Studies originate from a diversity of sources, and encompass a variety of …

The Effects of Sprawl on Neighborhood Social Ties: An Explanatory Analysis

L Freeman - Journal of the American Planning Association, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The notion that sprawl, in the form of low-density, auto-dependent neighborhoods, is inimical
to neighborhood social bonds is a recurrent theme in the planning literature. Although this …

Spatial structure and mobility

H Meurs, R Haaijer - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2001 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to contribute to a clearer understanding of the extent to which the
spatial structure and planning of the residential environment can explain mobility, in general …

[HTML][HTML] Walk-and-ride: factors influencing pedestrian access to transit

R Cervero - Journal of Public Transportation, 2001 - Elsevier
The predominant means of reaching suburban rail stations in the United States is by private
car. Transit villages strive, among other things, to convert larger shares of rail access trips to …

Measuring land use patterns for transportation research

P Mitchell Hess, A Vernez Moudon… - Transportation …, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Density and land use mix are focused on as the two primary variables for characterization of
land use in transportation research. As commonly constructed, these variables do not …

The effects of motivational factors on car use: a multidisciplinary modelling approach

L Steg, K Geurs, M Ras - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Current transport models usually do not take motivational factors into account, and if they do,
it is only implicitly. This paper presents a modelling approach aimed at explicitly examining …

Sustainability and planning: does urban form matter?

A van Diepen, H Voogd - International Journal of …, 2001 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper deals with the difficult relation between urban form, travel behaviour and
sustainable development. In more developed countries, the influence of governments on …