Travel Characteristics of Different Social Groups in Large Scale Residential Areas in the Periphery of Shanghai: A Case Study of Jinhexincheng

摘要

Shanghai is in the process of urban redevelopment. In order to reform old downtown and improve living conditions, poor houses are demolished and the government relocates the residents. Usually they are relocated in large-scale residential areas in the periphery of Shanghai. Jinhexincheng is one of them. Data was collected through a random sampling survey. The study is conducted with two main social groups: workers (representing commuters) and the elderly (representing non-commuters). Results show that a large proportion of workers commute across districts while the elderly often travel inside the district. Our logistic regression model is suggesting the most important factor that causes cross-district commuting is education. Mode choice and morning departure time are different between the workers and the aged. Compared to the world average commuting time (40 minutes), Jinhexincheng's commuting time is quite long. The results suggest that transportation planning must consider travel needs of different social groups.