Can neighborhood design improve traffic? Although a fair question in its own right, several
influential planning strategies, including “the new urbanism,”“smart growth,” and the …

Excess commuting is the additional journey‐to‐work travel represented by the difference
between the actual average commute and the smallest possible average commute, given …

A major concern of all decision makers has been to ensure that there are clear benefits from
transport investment proposals. The travel time savings are clear, but the wider economic …

Gender is both an archetypal and adaptive dimension of the urban condition and, thus,
remains a key moving target for planning practitioners and scholars alike. This is especially …

The role of the transportation system in fostering growth and affecting urban structure is of
great interest to academicians, planners, investors, and politicians. The notion that …

Can urban design improve the environment? If communities could be designed to reduce
automobile use, then yes. But can urban design influence travel? Surprisingly perhaps, the …

This research uses a longitudinal data set of commuting behavior to test the nature and
strength of the association between residential change and employment location. Do …

The life‐course approach to residential mobility and migration recognizes a central role for a
variety of demographic and economic triggers in the mobility process. Having a child, getting …

Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues today. This book compares Western Europe
and the USA, focusing on anti-sprawl policies. The USA is known for its settlement patterns …

This paper introduces a model which includes residential, job moving, and commuting
behavior when labor and housing markets are characterized by market imperfections …