The influence of light rail transit on transit use: An exploration of station area residents along the Hiawatha line in Minneapolis

Cao, Xinyu; Schoner, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2013.11.001

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“…I purchased 2000 random addresses from the Hiawatha neighborhood and 1000 addresses from each of Nicollet, Bloomington, Coon Rapids, and Burnsville neighborhoods from AccuData Integrated Marketing (http:// www.accudata.com). I oversampled the Hiawatha neighborhood because the primary purpose of the survey was to test the impact of Hiawatha LRT on travel behavior (Cao and Schoner, 2014). The original database included 5884 valid addresses.…”

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How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities

Cao

2016

Travel Behaviour and Society

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How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities

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2016

Travel Behaviour and Society

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“…However, scholars often choose residents in the city/county/ region rather than comparable corridors as controls in empirical studies (Cervero, 1994;Lund et al, 2006;Renee, 2005). This choice may overstate the transport impacts of rail transit (Cao and Schoner, 2013).…”

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

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2013

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There is a growing interest in exploring the relationships between the built environment and auto ownership and a number of studies have investigated the impact of rail transit on travel behaviour. However, few have disentangled the impact of rail transit on auto ownership from the influences of the built environment and residential self-selection. Using the light rail transit (LRT) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, USA, this study applies the statistical control approach and quasilongitudinal design to examine the effects of LRT, neighbourhood design and selfselection on auto ownership. It is found that residential self-selection influences auto ownership; backyard size, off-street parking and business density marginally affect auto ownership; and the LRT does not have an independent impact on auto ownership beyond neighbourhood design and self-selection. The results point to the importance of neighbourhood design in rail transit development.

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“…The concentration of population in urban regions creates increasing pressures on urban and regional traffic systems [3]. As a rapid and efficient form of transportation, rail transit (i.e., metro rail and light rail) played a significant role in alleviating traffic congestion and promoting sustainable development of urban traffic system [4][5][6][7]. Many large cities in China region.…”

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Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Urban Expansion along the Guangzhou–Foshan Inter-City Rail Transit Corridor, China

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Understanding the urban expansion process along inter-city rail transit corridors is critical to regional integration of city groups. Though numerous studies have considered the influences of rail transit on land use and urban form, most have focused on local station areas or intra-city urban structures. Few studies have examined the effects and dynamic process along inter-city rail transit corridors at a regional scale. In this study, multi-remote sensing images, landscape metrics and gradient analysis were combined to investigate the spatial and temporal dynamics of urban expansion and regional structural changes along the GuangFo inter-city Metro in the Pearl River Delta, south China. We introduced Thiessen Polygon into quadrat zoning for landscape gradient analysis, and clearly revealed the spatial variations of landscape changes along the metro transect. The regional expansion stage and inter-city structural changes were further detected based on the theoretical framework of diffusion-coalescence growth. This study revealed that during its construction the GuangFo Metro significantly impacted urban expansion at the urban fringes. Before construction the urban patches became irregular and fragmented as the gradient moved from city centers to city fringes. Influenced by the GuangFo Metro, the urban patches expanded and consequently coalesced into a homogenous urbanized area, which indicated that coalescence was the dominant expansion stage and the regional structure become more aggregated. This suggested that the inter-city rail transit has played an important role in promoting the integration of the GuangFo metropolitan region.

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The influence of light rail transit on transit use: An exploration of station area residents along the Hiawatha line in Minneapolis

Cited by 54 publications

References 18 publications

How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities

How does neighborhood design affect life satisfaction? Evidence from Twin Cities

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

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Urban Expansion along the Guangzhou–Foshan Inter-City Rail Transit Corridor, China

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