Abstract
This study examines the impacts of the built environment measures based on two geographic scales, i.e., traffic analysis zone and one quarter-mile buffer on individual mode choice in the Houston metropolitan area. It is confirmed that they have significant impacts on mode choice in varying degrees. The models including the buffer-based measures are more reasonable than those with conventional zone-based variables for both home-based work and other trips. Finally, the elasticity estimates suggest the built environments are undervalued in the conventional transportation practices. Both land use and transport pricing measures should be considered complementary to control the demand for driving.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 447-470 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | International Journal of Sustainable Transportation |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land
Keywords
- Houston-Galveston Area Council
- built environment
- elasticity
- mode choice
- multinomial logit
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