The urban form and the social dimension of commuting in México City. An individual trip-level analysis

Bautista-Hernández, Dorian Antonio

doi:10.1016/j.trip.2021.100346

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“…Even though there are more job opportunities, whether skilled or low skilled jobs in the cities, with the option they have, people will seek the job that has easy accessibility; for instance, a job near to transportation system (Barboza et al, 2021;Bautista-Hernández, 2021;Liu and Bardaka, 2021). Research by Motte et al (2016) showed that educated people live nearer to their working place and have more accessibilities and job opportunities.…”

Section: Job Opportunities In the Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In any urban area, housing in the city is often more expensive than that in the suburbs. This is caused by the fact that job opportunities are more accessible in the city besides the workplace that is nearer, making the rental higher with a housing purchase price that is more expensive and unaffordable (Bautista-Hernández, 2021;Liu and Bardaka, 2021). Therefore, most of the low income people will choose to live in suburban areas where the house rental is much more affordable with less expensive buying prices (Bautista-Hernández, 2021).…”

Section: The Low Income Traveling Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Driving to work may involve a more expensive traveling mode, but choosing public transportation will have to compromise with time as they must travel much further to reach their workplace. According to Bautista-Hernández (2021), this group of people generally suffers from location disadvantage and have to face the costly and long journey to work. However, in Malaysia, since public transportation has limited routes, people may need to switch from one mode to another, which makes them not only compromise money but also time.…”

Section: The Low Income Traveling Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring Commuting for Work in Kuala Lumpur

Zahari

Azhar²,

Ismail³

et al. 2022

Period. Polytech. Transp. Eng.

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Many workers face challenges in suburban areas when commuting to the urban areas from home to work. Public transportation is a fundamental component of efficient transportation in urban areas. Efficient transportation will increase economic opportunity, accessibility, and social development. This paper explored the characteristics of commuting behavior of the workers in the Klang Valley who commute to work in Kuala Lumpur, including their choice of transportation modes and the challenges they faced in traveling from home to work. This study engaged a mixed methodology where data were collected from 709 respondents voluntarily. The survey was initiated in December 2020 and lasted for six months. The respondents were approached through voluntary face-to-face and electronic means. Interviews were conducted with 14 key informants in April 2021 with workers from various backgrounds who commute to work every day. The interviews were done one-on-one. The result showed that the likelihood of choosing public transport over driving privately owned car was unfavorable where most individuals stated that the public transportation was insufficient; they had to take more than one modes to reach their workplace, and the facilities provided were insufficient for them to choose public transportation for commuting to work. These results shown that the urban workers in Kuala Lumpur preferred to drive to work rather than using public vehicles. This shows that Malaysians, especially in urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur, are not ready to adapt to SDG 11. Therefore, the government needs to create more initiatives to encourage the use of public transport.

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Section: Job Opportunities In the Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Low Income Traveling Behaviormentioning

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Section: The Low Income Traveling Behaviormentioning

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Exploring Commuting for Work in Kuala Lumpur

Zahari

Azhar²,

Ismail³

et al. 2022

Period. Polytech. Transp. Eng.

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“…Many factors intervene in this process [ 9 ], including characteristics related to the trip, such as time of the day, the purpose of the trip and its length, but also attributes of each mode of transportation and the number of options available for the user, including monetary costs, how consistent and predictable travel times are, parking availability, walking distance, waiting time, frequency, number of changes, the level of satisfaction, comfort and security [ 28 – 30 ]. Beyond trip and travel factors, other aspects such as socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the travellers, including income, car or bike ownership, gender, age, social status and environmental and health consciousness, also play a significant role [ 19 , 31 – 35 ], as well as past experiences with a mode of transport [ 28 ], transport and land-use policies, urban sprawl, subsidies, car use restrictions, public transport infrastructure, and level of service or public transport systems [ 11 , 32 , 33 , 35 – 38 ]. Even weather conditions play a role [ 39 , 40 ] on whether a person chooses to drive instead of using the bus.…”

Section: Modelling Car-based Mobility As a Collective Behaviourmentioning

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A paradox of traffic and extra cars in a city as a collective behaviour

et al. 2021

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Promoting walking or cycling and reducing cars’ use is one of the city planners’ main targets, contributing to a sustainable transport method. Yet, the number of vehicles worldwide is increasing as fast as the population, and motorized mobility has become the primary transport method in most cities. Here, we consider modal share as an emergent behaviour of personal decisions. All individuals minimize their commuting time and reach an equilibrium under which no person is willing to change their transportation mode. In terms of the minimum travel time, the best-case scenario is used to determine the extra commuting time and the excess cars, computed as a social inefficiency. Results show that commuting times could increase up to 25% with many more vehicles than optimum. Paradoxically, all individuals trying to minimize their time could collectively reach the maximum commuting times in the extreme case, with all individuals driving during rush hour.

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“…While many of the most congested cities worldwide are located in the global South (TomTom, 2021), developing cities are increasingly facing transport-related problems such as deteriorating environmental conditions, safety and security concerns, and unequal access to transport systems (Gwilliam, 2003). With regard to the latter, inequality disproportionately discriminates against the mobility of lower-income groups (Bautista-Hernández, 2021). Considering relatively low vehicle ownerships and the lack of mass transit infrastructure, the lower-income groups often rely on informal transport services that often represent the most dominant travel mode, along with active transport (bicycling, walking, etc.).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%