This study adopts a gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT) model to contrast the relative
importance of improving regional accessibility versus local land use for reducing driving …

Accessibility to the job market and public facilities in the urban fringe and surrounding rural
areas is a vital issue in relation to sustainable land use in large cities. Urban-rural …

We study the effect of urban density on the exposure of city dwellers to air pollution using
data from the United States urban system. Exploiting geological features to instrument for …

The empirical impact of housing costs on commuting is still relatively poorly understood. This
impact is especially salient in California given the state's notoriously high housing costs …

The transport sector accounts for more than one-fifth of global CO 2 emissions. Reducing
fossil fuel consumption and travel-related CO 2 emissions (TCE) is a major approach to …

Numerous studies have attempted to quantify the genuine impact of the built environment
factors on travel behavior which is not through residential self-selection (RSS) …

The last decade of urbanization throughout many cities have seen a perceptible shift in the
demand for centralized urban amenities while poverty has increasingly decentralized. Yet …

This study builds theoretical explanations and empirical examinations of transit access and
urban form. It explains how transit access to jobs drops with network distance from the …

Traffic big data brings new opportunities for studying urban spatial structure. By using data
from subway smart cards and road networks, as well as integrating travel chain analysis with …

The relationship between urban spatial structure, economic activities, and the environment
is complex and interdependent, yet there is a paucity of literature that examines green …