Do residential location effects on travel behavior differ between the elderly and younger adults?

Cheng, Long; Vos, Jonas De; Shi, Kunbo; Yang, Min; Chen, Xuewu; Witlox, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2019.07.015

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“…In MENA cities, young people are more likely to choose their home location based on mobility needs, while older urban dwellers prioritize other factors. It has been found that in Nanjing, China, residential self-selection influences on travel behavior are different among the elderly (60+ years old) and younger respondents (18-59 years old) [30]. This is in line with the findings of this study.…”

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Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Masoumi

2021

Sustainability

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The determinants of residential location choice have not been investigated in many developing countries. This paper examines this topic, including the influence of urban travels on house location decision-making in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Based on 8284 face-to-face interviews in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo, the dummy variable of residential location choice, including two categories of mobility reasons and other factors, was modeled by binary probit regression modeling. By means of receiver-operating characteristic analysis, the cutoff value of commuting distance and the time passed from the last relocation was estimated. Finally, the significant difference between the value of these two variables for people with different house location reasons were tested by Mann–Whitney U-test. The results show that the eight variables of shopping-entertainment mode choice in faraway places, frequency of public transit trips, neighborhood attractiveness perception, age, number of driving licenses in household, commuting distance, number of accessed facilities, and the (walkable) accessibility of facilities influence the residential self-selections. People who chose their current home based on mobility commute a daily mean distance of 8596 m and relocated less than 15.5 years ago, while those who chose their home based on other reasons, such as socioeconomics or personal reasons, commute longer and moved to a new house more than 15.5 years ago. This shows how the attitudes of people about residential location have changed in the MENA region, but there are still contextual differences to high-income countries.

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Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Masoumi

2021

Sustainability

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“…Increasing stability in mobility resources may explain why persons react differently to life events at distinct life stages. In contrast, Cheng et al (2019) found for Chinese respondents that elderly persons are more affected by residential relocation than younger persons with respect to their travel frequency and duration. In addition, the frequency of life events may vary throughout the life course.…”

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Examining the effect of life course events on modality type and the moderating influence of life stage

2020

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Previous research has demonstrated the relevance of life events to explain changes in travel behavior. Less clear is the moderating role played by life stages on the relationship between life events and travel behavior. Our goal in this study is to explore how the influence of life events on travel behavior differs by life stage. We use data from a travel survey of faculty, staff and students at a US university. We define four life stages: millennials living in shared apartments or alone, millennials living with partners, parents (of any generation) living with their children, and non-millennial adults living without children. Four modality types were defined: active travelers, car users, transit users, and multimodal travelers. We use a Manifest Markov Model to estimate probabilities of switching modality types between two waves of the survey. Life stage does not significantly moderate effects of life events on change in travel behavior but does affect modality type: the prevalence of active travel modality types, particularly the share of women who are active travelers, decreases throughout the life stages. Millennials living with their partners and parents living with their children relocate to another town more often than those in other life stages, a life event associated with a higher probability of switching to car use only. Our results identify "windows of opportunity", such as residential relocation, that planners can use to promote sustainable travel behavior.

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“…The importance of RSS can also depend on the population of interest. Disadvantaged people and individuals in certain life courses can be more or less responsive to RSS than the general population (Cheng et al, 2019;Humphreys and Ahern, 2019). To conclude: the relative importance of RSS remains quite unclear.…”

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Residential self-selection in the relationship between the built environment and travel behavior: A literature review and research agenda

Wee

Cao

2022

Advances in Transport Policy and Planning

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This chapter gives an overview of the current debates on residential self-selection and presents a related research agenda. Here, we define residential self-selection as "the tendency of people to choose residential locations based on their travel abilities, needs and preferences." Debates relate to theory/causalities (including the role of attitudes), research methods, empirical findings (including the magnitude of the importance of residential self-selection for the influence of the built environment on travel behavior and the dominance of OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries), and the implications for planning. The main contribution is Advances in Transport Policy and Planning # 2020 Elsevier Inc.

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Do residential location effects on travel behavior differ between the elderly and younger adults?

Cited by 80 publications

References 59 publications

Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Examining the effect of life course events on modality type and the moderating influence of life stage

Residential self-selection in the relationship between the built environment and travel behavior: A literature review and research agenda

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