Modeling Travel Behavior Impacts of Micro-Scale Land Use and Socio-Economic Factor

Masoumi , Houshmand E. (2013) Modeling Travel Behavior Impacts of Micro-Scale Land Use and Socio-Economic Factor. TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 6 (2 ). pp. 235-20. ISSN 1970-9870

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Abstract

The effects of neighbourhood-level land use characteristics on urban travel behaviour of Iranian cities are under-researched. The present paper examines such influences in a microscopic scale. In this study the role of socio-economic factors is also studies and compared to that of urban form. Two case-study neighbourhoods in west of Tehran are selected and considered, first of which is a centralized and compact neighbourhood and the other is a sprawled and centreless one. A Multinomial Logit Regression model is developed to consider the effects of socio-economic and land use factors on urban travel pattern. In addition, to consider the effective factors, cross-sectional comparison between the influences of local accessibility and attractiveness of the neighbourhoodcentres of the two case-study areas are undertaken. Also the causality relationships are considered according to the findings of the survey. The findings indicate significant effects of age and household income as socio-economic factors on transportation mode choice in neighbourhoods with central structure. One the other hand, no meaningful association between socio-economic or land use variables are resulted by the model for the sprawled case. The most effective land use concept in micro-scale is considered to be satisfaction of entertainment facilities of the neighbourhood. Also the descriptive findings show that the centralized neighbourhood that gives more local accessibility to shops and retail generates less shopping trips. In considering the causal relations, the study shows that providing neighbourhood infrastructures that increase or ease the accessibility to neighbourhood amenities can lead to higher shares of sustainable transportation modes like walking, biking, or public transportation use.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	LUTI, sustainable urban form, travel behaviour, Multinomial Logit Model, Iran
Subjects:	700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) > 711.2 Pianificazione a livello internazionale e nazionale
Depositing User:	Rosa Anna La Rocca
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2013 12:15
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2013 12:15
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/6745

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