The influences of past and present residential locations on vehicle ownership decisions

Macfarlane, Gregory S.; Garrow, Laurie A.; Mokhtarian, Patricia L.

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2015.01.005

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“…First, we do not know how this linkage forms. Perhaps, as some have suggested, preferences are developed through exposure to transit-rich areas (Weinberger and Goetzke 2010;Macfarlane, Garrow, and Mokhtarian 2015). Thus, the attitudes and preferences inherent in the self-selection effect observed in many studies of transportation and land use may be shaped by prior experiences and are likely mutable.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Prior experiences can also exert an influence over a longer time horizon, shaping car ownership, commute time, and distance. Past experiences may influence later travel behavior if these experiences shape attitudes and preferences for neighborhoods or travel modes (Chen, Chen, and Timmermans 2009;Weinberger and Goetzke 2010;Macfarlane, Garrow, and Mokhtarian 2015). For example, Weinberger and Goetzke (2010) use Census data to analyze movers to and from cities with high-quality transit service to test whether households "learn preferences" for a car-light lifestyle and then take those preferences with them when they move.…”

Section: Residential Relocations and Travel Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They find that exposure to lengthy commutes does indeed "make them more tolerant of long commute distances" but that these "historical depositions" (2009,2773) are weakened by lifecycle factors, such as the birth of a child. Macfarlane, Garrow, and Mokhtarian (2015) construct residential histories for residents of the Atlanta region to test how past exposure to neighborhood conditions (residential density and the share of workers commuting via non-auto modes) influence auto ownership. While the authors find a significant effect of past built environments, they conclude that "exposure to higher densities and nonvehicle transportation options (either currently or in the past) has a relatively modest influence on vehicle ownership decision" (Macfarlane, Garrow, and Mokhtarian 2015, 197).…”

Section: Residential Relocations and Travel Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Remembrance of Cars and Buses Past: How Prior Life Experiences Influence Travel

Smart

Klein

2017

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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Does living in a neighborhood with high-quality public transit influence travel behavior later in life, even if you move to a neighborhood with worse transit service? To test this, we construct residential histories of individuals using decades of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find that past experiences shape transportation futures. Exposure to transit during young adulthood in particular is associated with an auto-light lifestyle and greater transit usage later in life. This research suggests a long-term benefit for encouraging transit at younger ages to foster a “transit habit.”

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Section: Residential Relocations and Travel Behaviormentioning

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Section: Residential Relocations and Travel Behaviormentioning

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Remembrance of Cars and Buses Past: How Prior Life Experiences Influence Travel

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Klein

2017

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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“…Using data from the 2000 US Census 5% Public Use Micro Sample, Weinberger and Goetzke (2010) find that those relocating from large metropolitan areas tend to own fewer vehicles than others and conclude that these results may be due to the preferences for levels of auto ownership. Macfarlane et al (2015) seek to relate a household's past experiences to its current vehicle ownership choices using a dataset that contains up to nine previous residential ZIP codes for households currently living in the 13-county Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area. They find that households with preferences to higher densities and non-vehicle transportation modes are less likely to own multiple vehicles.…”

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Effects of metro transit on the ownership of mobility instruments in Xi’an, China

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Cao

Yin

et al. 2017

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

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Most studies regarding the effects of rail transit on auto ownership have yet to disentangle the influences of the built environment surrounding stations and residential self-selection from the impact of rail transit itself. There is also limited knowledge on the effects of rail investments in developing countries on ownership of mobility instruments, which has recently proliferated because of economic growth. Using the 2014 data from Xi'an, this study explores the joint influences of metro transit on the ownership of autos, bikes, ebikes, and motorcycles. The cross-sectional analysis shows that metro is negatively associated with auto ownership and ebike ownership whereas it has a positive association with bike ownership. The quasi-longitudinal analysis indicates that moving into metro neighborhoods is negatively associated with the changes of auto and ebike ownerships. These results suggest that metro development helps curb the growth of autos and fight against the negative consequences of ebikes, and has the potential to achieve sustainable travel.

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“…CycleStreets in the United Kingdom, BikeDistrict in the city of Milan), which allow to choose different paths if the user values more the speed or the safety of the trip. These aspects work on the present perception of the currently available modal options, even if also perceptions of oneself (Macfarlane, Garrow, & Mokhtarian, 2015) and past experiences (Smart & Klein, 2017) have a strong influence in this sense.…”

Section: Varied Forms Of Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%