Urban Spatial Expansion, Urban Compactness, and Average Travel Demand in the US Urbanized Areas

Qing Su

International Journal of Regional Development, 2020, vol. 7, issue 1, 1

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of a wide variety of factors on spatial size, spatial compactness measured by population density, and average travel demand measured by daily vehicle miles traveled per capita. The simultaneous equation regression results indicate real average household income has a positive impact on spatial size and average travel demand while a negative impact on urban spatial compactness. Transportation cost measured by fuel cost per mile has a negative impact on spatial size while a positive impact on urban spatial compactness. Among the land use policy tools, urban growth boundary has a positive impact on urban compactness while minimum lot size has a positive impact on urban spatial size.

Date: 2020
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