Land Use Transportation Interaction: An Examination of the 1995 NPTS Data.

摘要

There is currently a great deal of discussion about the interaction between land use and transportation. The 1995 NPTS provides some ability to investigate this question through the inclusion of variables that measure the interaction of land use and travel behavior. Population density is the primary quantifiable land use descriptor variable. Population density has been further manipulated to isolate area types (urban, second city, suburban, town and rural). Other variables that attempt to quantify land use include residential density and work tract employment density. Characteristics of the population or built environment such as race, age, income, and retail employment further identify land use impacts across different population groups.