One of the primary aims of transit-oriented development (TOD) is to reduce auto
dependency, especially for low-income as well as senior residents. This study aims at …

This research explores how residents perceive the relationships between residential
development patterns and the natural environment. Based on a fall 2004 survey of 283 …

Although mobility is truly essential for access to urban assets and services and fundamental
for social and urban integration, it tends to be unevenly distributed between individuals and …

This dissertation investigates the influence of transport policies on individual travel behavior
in Germany and the US In spite of increasing automobile use in both countries, Germany …

Ample empirical evidence shows that dense urban forms can promote rail transit use and
reduce car dependence. However, evidence of the reverse causal link—the impact of urban …

Since the early 1990s, smart growth advocates have proposed various land use policy
reforms designed to expand housing choice. These reforms come in two flavors. Urban …

Compositional data techniques are an emerging method in physical activity research. These
techniques account for the complexities of, and interrelationships between, behaviours that …

Insufficient knowledge of residential preferences represents a major obstacle to achieving
residential satisfaction and quality of life. This obstacle is even greater in the case of transit …

During the process of post-war Fordist suburban expansion, the American and Canadian
city was expanded and built around the automobile as the dominant mode of transportation …

Car use is associated with negative social, economic, and environmental externalities.
Encouraging people to adopt a car-free lifestyle is one way to address these harms, since …