The impact of local work and residential balance on vehicle miles traveled: A new direct approach

Allister Loder, Reto Tanner and Kay W. Axhausen

Journal of Transport Geography, 2017, vol. 64, issue C, 139-149

Abstract: This paper introduces a new approach for explaining the effects of spatial competition for opportunities based on a cumulative opportunities measure of accessibility. We focus on the case of the labor market where some municipalities offer too few workplaces for their local population, forcing some of their residents to long drives. We apply this new accessibility measure to explain households' annual mileage in Switzerland using a Heckman model to account for carless households.

Keywords: Accessibility; Land-use; Built environment; Vehicle miles traveled (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.08.016

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