The relations between travel behavior and land use patterns have been the object of intensive research inthe last two decades. Due to their immediate policy implications, mode choice and VMT have been themain focus of attention. Other relevant dimensions, like trip chaining, tour type choice, and number oftours have received less attention. This work aims to contribute to the research dealing with the role ofland use patterns on tour type choice. To pursue this objective, a tour type choice is modeled using ahybrid choice model that allows simulating the effect of the latent propensity to travel in the discretechoice among types of tours. This model is applied to a travel diary of workers collected in the LisbonMetropolitan Area in 2009. Different model specifications were built, testing the inclusion of purportedlybuilt land use factors, which have the advantage of better capture the multidimensionality of urbanenvironment, or land use variables, or a combination of both. The obtained results point to the existenceof significant effects on tour type choice due to land use patterns. Land use patterns influence not only theutility functions but also the propensity to travel. Workers who reside in more central, mixed andtraditional urban spaces tend to have a higher propensity to travel. Workers who live in more diverseareas have a higher probability of engaging in more complex work related tours. Working in moresuburban areas reduces the probability of engaging in more complex tours.
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