Influences of LRT on travel behaviour: A retrospective study on movers in Minneapolis

Jason Cao and Alireza Ermagun
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Jason Cao: University of Minnesota, USA
Alireza Ermagun: University of Minnesota, USA

Urban Studies, 2017, vol. 54, issue 11, 2504-2520

Abstract: Following scant evidence for the effects of proximity to rail transit on car use, we pinpoint the impacts of rail transit and neighbourhood characteristics on both transit and car use in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. We apply the structural equations modelling approach on 597 residents who moved into the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit (LRT) corridor after it opened. The analysis is based on a self-administrated survey where all attributes of the built environment and transit quality are perceived measures. Using a quasi-longitudinal design to compare the behaviour of movers into the Hiawatha and control corridors, we found that the Hiawatha LRT acts as both a catalyst and a magnet. Movers into the Hiawatha corridor experience transit improvement, which increases transit use and reduces car use. The LRT also enables transit-liking people who were unable to realise their preference previously to relocate near the LRT. However, the LRT has no significant effects on changes in car ownership.

Keywords: car ownership; land use; longitudinal design; rail transit; residential self-selection; 汽车拥有率; 土地利用; å¾„å ‘è®¾è®¡; è½¨é “äº¤é€š; 居民自主选择 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098016651569

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