How does the length of residence in a neighborhood vary the effects of neighborhood land use on commuting trip time and mode choice?

Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim ()
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Tae-Hyoung Tommy Gim: Seoul National University

The Annals of Regional Science, 2022, vol. 68, issue 1, No 5, 95-123

Abstract: Abstract Recent studies that estimated the land use–travel relationship while controlling for residential self-selection mostly acknowledged the potential for the self-selection in the reverse direction according to learning and self-justification over time. Thus, this study empirically tests how the relationship varies by the length of time after residential move in Seoul, South Korea. Analytical results show that population density encourages the choice of automobile alternatives in extreme cases, that is, for newly moved first-year residents who decided to tolerate congestion and for longtime residents of 4 years or more who had a due chance to learn and appreciate neighborhood travel options and also, it extends commuting time for these short and longtime residents. Employment density reduces commuting time for all but longtime residents because of better jobs–housing balance while it is not necessarily accompanied by mode choice variations. Street intersection density is associated with commuting time variations in all cases. Land use balance entropy is unrelated to the time variations, but consistently related to the alternative mode choice, and possibly beneficial to trip-chaining. While public transit densities are classified into subway and bus densities, the former turns out to be significant regarding commuting time and mode choice for most residents, but the latter only for first-year residents. Particularly on the mode choice, the gradual learning effect is associated with subway density (significant after 1 year), whereas the self-justification effect by bus density is rather quick, but not lasting (significant only for 1 year).

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Date: 2022
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