 Heterogeneity in the relationship between the built environment and driving: Focus on neighborhood type and travel purposeDeborah Salon Research in Transportation Economics, 2015, vol. 52, issue C, 34-45 Abstract: 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 research uses empirical analysis of travel survey data to estimate the relationship between built environment characteristics and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in California. The work improves upon past research in two key ways. First, it employs a novel approach to control for residential self-selection, categorizing neighborhoods into types and using these as the alternatives in a predictive model of neighborhood type choice. Second, it focuses on exploring and understanding heterogeneity in the relationship between the built environment and VMT across two dimensions – neighborhood type and travel purpose. Keywords: VMT; Residential self-selection; Land use; Cluster analysis; Selection model; Non-work; Commute (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:retrec:v:52:y:2015:i:c:p:34-45 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2015.10.008 Access Statistics for this article Research in Transportation Economics is currently edited by M. Dresner More articles in Research in Transportation Economics from Elsevier |
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