With the rapid development and popularization of mobile and wireless communication
technologies, ridesourcing companies have been able to leverage internet-based platforms …

This chapter reviews the different pathways which cities are following to become more
accessible. By identifying the close link between transport and urban form based on global …

Problem, research strategy, and findings: Planners commonly recommend compact
development in part as a way of getting people to drive less, with the idea that less driving …

Although mixed use is an emerging strategy that has been widely accepted in urban
planning for promoting neighbourhood vibrancy, there is no consensus on how to …

Problem: Localities and states are turning to land planning and urban design for help in
reducing automobile use and related social and environmental costs. The effects of such …

Using a 2017 travel survey dataset and crawled heatmaps and point-of-interests (POIs) data
in Beijing, China, this study adopts a gradient boosting decision trees (GBDT) algorithm to …

Large-scale urban sensing data such as mobile phone traces are emerging as an important
data source for urban modeling. This study represents a first step towards building a …

This study investigates how urban form is related to accessibility. In particular, it explores the
relationship between Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and rail-based accessibility in a …

Physical inactivity is one of the most important public health issues in the US and
internationally. Increasingly, links are being identified between various elements of the …

Research in transportation, urban design, and planning has examined associations
between physical environment variables and individuals' walking and cycling for transport …