Do residents living in transit-oriented development station catchment areas travel more sustainably? The impacts of life events

Shen, Tonggaochuan, Cheng, Long, Yang, Yongjiang, Deng, Jialin, Jin, Tanhua and Cao, Mengqiu (2023) Do residents living in transit-oriented development station catchment areas travel more sustainably? The impacts of life events. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2023. ISSN 0197-6729

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Abstract

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is an urban designed model aimed at attracting more sustainable travellers. However, not all TOD projects succeed in maintaining a high rate of sustainable travel behaviour. To examine the impacts of TOD on residents' travel behaviour, this paper applies binary logistic regression to analyse survey data for 1,298 residents living in the TOD areas in Hangzhou collected in 2020. The results show that socioeconomic characteristics, built environment factors, and travel attitudes play important roles in influencing their travel mode choices. Furthermore, the number of children in households and higher levels of car ownership significantly influence residents' sustainable travel behaviours. However, it appears that only a limited number of factors can convince car users to shift to sustainable modes of travel, such as their workplace being accessible by metro and attitudes towards changes in accessibility. This research study contributes to the existing literature in terms of enhancing the understanding of travel mode choice behaviours, particularly with regard to people who live near public transport infrastructure, as well as formulating evidence-based TOD policies to achieve more sustainable transport systems.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Author(s).
Divisions:	Statistics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D1 - Household Behavior and Family Economics > D10 - General L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L90 - General
Date Deposited:	05 May 2023 16:24
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 03:43
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/118813

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