Applying gradient boosting decision trees to examine non-linear effects of the built environment on driving distance in Oslo

C Ding, XJ Cao, P Næss - Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although many studies have explored the relationship between the built environment and
travel behavior, the literature offers limited evidence about the collective influence of built …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring nonlinear and collective influences of regional and local built environment characteristics on travel distances by mode

T Tao, J Cao - Journal of Transport Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
We examined the nonlinear associations of the built environment with travel distances by
driving, transit, and active travel and compared the relative contributions of local and …

Heterogeneity in the relationship between the built environment and driving: Focus on neighborhood type and travel purpose

D Salon - Research in Transportation Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
Global concern about fossil fuel use and associated environmental externalities has led
many governments to consider actions that encourage their residents to drive less. This …

Exploring nonlinear built environment effects on driving with a mixed-methods approach

T Tao, P Næss - Transportation research part D: transport and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies have been exploring the complex nonlinear relationships between built
environment attributes and driving using machine learning approaches. However, these …

Exploring the influence of built environment on travel mode choice considering the mediating effects of car ownership and travel distance

C Ding, D Wang, C Liu, Y Zhang, J Yang - Transportation Research Part A …, 2017 - Elsevier
Though there is a growing literature on the connection between the built environment and
travel behavior, limited efforts have been made to consider the intermediary nature of car …

Disentangling the influence of neighborhood type and self-selection on driving behavior: an application of sample selection model

X Cao - Transportation, 2009 - Springer
The causality issue has become one of the key questions in the debate over the
relationships between the built environment and travel behavior. Although previous studies …

Exploring the connections among residential location, self-selection, and driving: Propensity score matching with multiple treatments

XJ Cao, Z Xu, Y Fan - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2010 - Elsevier
A large number of studies have investigated the association between the built environment
and travel behavior. However, most studies did not explicitly quantify the contribution of …

Exploring the nonlinear relationship between the built environment and active travel in the twin cities

T Tao, X Wu, J Cao, Y Fan, K Das… - Journal of Planning …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Active travel is important to public health and the environment. Previous studies substantiate
built environment influences active travel, but they seldom assess its overall contribution …

Non-linear associations between built environment and active travel for working and shopping: An extreme gradient boosting approach

J Liu, B Wang, L Xiao - Journal of Transport Geography, 2021 - Elsevier
Active travel has environmental, social, and public health-related benefits. Researchers from
diverse domains have extensively studied built-environment associations with active travel …

Exploring the influences of density on travel behavior using propensity score matching

X Cao, Y Fan - Environment and Planning B: Planning and …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The causality issue has become one of the key questions in the debate over the relationship
between the built environment and travel behavior. Since a residential self-selection effect …