The Impacts of LRT, Neighbourhood Characteristics, and Self-selection on Auto Ownership: Evidence from Minneapolis-St. Paul

Cao, Jason; Cao, Xiaoshu

doi:10.1177/0042098013505887

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“…Another hotspot of public transit research is rail transit. Based on the same general argument as with bus stops, highly accessible stations lead residents to switch to rail transit and reduce local emissions in the process [51][52][53]. However, in this case too, some studies have found that this mode-shifting effect does not exist, especially for cars [54].…”

Section: Distance To Transitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Population Density on PM2.5 Concentrations: A Case Study in Shanghai, China

Han

Sun

2019

Sustainability

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We examine the effects of the urban built environment on PM2.5 (fine particulate matter with diameters equal or smaller than 2.5 μm) concentrations by using an improved region-wide database, a spatial econometric model, and five built environment attributes: Density, design, diversity, distance to transit, and destination accessibility (the 5Ds). Our study uses Shanghai as a relevant case study and focuses on the role of density at the jiedao scale, the smallest administrative unit in China. The results suggest that population density is positively associated with PM2.5 concentrations, pointing to pollution centralization and congestion effects dominating the mitigating effects of mode-shifting associated with density. Other built environment variables, such as the proportion of road intersections, degree of mixed land use, and density of bus stops, are all positively associated with PM2.5 concentrations while distance to nearest primary or sub-center is negatively associated. Regional heterogeneity shows that suburban jiedao have lower PM2.5 concentrations when a subway station is present.

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Section: Distance To Transitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Population Density on PM2.5 Concentrations: A Case Study in Shanghai, China

Han

Sun

2019

Sustainability

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“…Apart from the aforementioned characteristics, attitude and preference characteristics have received more attention recently as self-selection effects [41,[45][46][47][48]. A variety of outcomes from self-selection effect have been empirically examined, ranging from travel model choice [47,[49][50][51]] to transportation energy consumption and emissions [41,45].…”

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Built Environment and Parking Availability: Impacts on Car Ownership and Use

2018

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Along with urbanization and economic development, the number of private cars has increased rapidly in recent years in China, which contributes to concerns about traffic congestion, hard parking, energy consumption, and emissions. This study aims to investigate the joint effect of built environment and parking availability on car ownership and use based on a household travel survey conducted in Changchun, China. The binary logistic model was first employed to investigate the determinants of the car ownership in Changchun. Next, this study examined the potential impacts of the built environment and parking availability on car use for the journey to work. The result shows that built environment and parking availability can be both significantly associated with car ownership and use after controlling for the socioeconomic characteristics. Moreover, in contrast with the model ignoring the parking availability, the model for car use considering the joint effect fit the data better. The results indicate that car dependency depends on the joint effect of the built environment and parking availability. These results suggest that transit-oriented urban expansion and compact land use can contribute to reducing car commuting. Meanwhile, parking restrictions at both trip start and end would be effective for sustainable transport because parking oversupply could encourage more car dependency.

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“…An analysis of the sort conducted in this paper can be used to inform the task of using one or more LPGs to attract members of the creative class in actual cities of the sort delineated in the first paragraph of Section 2. In this regard, Cao and Cao (2014) show that the light rail transit (LRT) system has been important in impacting residents positively in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul metropolitan area. As such, apposite city officials in these two cities can…”

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Using local public goods to attract and retain the creative class: A tale of two cities

Batabyal

Kourtit²,

Nijkamp

2019

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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We study the impact that the provision of a local public good (LPG) by two cities has on their ability to attract and retain members of the creative class. This creative class consists of two types of members known as engineers and artists. Engineers are wealthier than artists and they also value the LPG more. We first focus on each city in isolation.We compute the marginal value and the marginal cost of the LPG and then determine the provision of this LPG when the provision is determined by uniform contributions and majority voting. Next, we allow the creative class members to migrate between the two cities and analyse whether engineers or artists migrate, the equilibrium distribution of the creative class, and the efficiency of the LPG provision.Finally, we consider the situation in each city just before migration and study how much of the LPG is provided when proportional contributions and majority voting determine this provision. A related question we address is whether engineers or artists now have an incentive to migrate and, if yes, we identify who would like to migrate and to which city.

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The Impacts of LRT, Neighbourhood Characteristics, and Self-selection on Auto Ownership: Evidence from Minneapolis-St. Paul

Cited by 74 publications

References 43 publications

Impact of Population Density on PM2.5 Concentrations: A Case Study in Shanghai, China

Impact of Population Density on PM2.5 Concentrations: A Case Study in Shanghai, China

Built Environment and Parking Availability: Impacts on Car Ownership and Use

Using local public goods to attract and retain the creative class: A tale of two cities

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