Residents of dense, mixed-use, transit-accessible neighborhoods use autos less. Recent
studies have suggested that this relationship is partly because transit-preferring and walk …

Many studies have found that residents living in suburban neighborhoods drive more and
walk less than their counterparts in traditional neighborhoods. This evidence supports the …

Numerous studies have observed that residents of higher-density, mixeduse
(“traditional”,“neo-traditional”, or “new urbanist”) neighborhoods tend to walk more and drive …

Past research suggests that mixed land-uses encourage non-auto commuting; however, the
evidence remains sketchy. This paper explores this question by investigating how the …

Numerous studies have found that suburban residents drive more and walk less than
residents in traditional neighborhoods. What is less well understood is the extent to which …

The usefulness of land use and transportation approaches including new urbanism, smart
growth, transit villages, and jobs-housing balance is frequently assessed based on the …

The role of self-selection in shaping travel patterns, by affecting one's home location choice,
is a critical issue. Developers, planners, and policy makers regularly debate to what extent …

With the increasing concern about the environmental side effects of the use of the
automobile, a few researchers, real estate developers, and increasingly policy makers in …

This paper analyzes the transportation and land-use preference and actual neighborhood
choices of a sample of 1,455 residents of metro Atlanta. We develop a stated-preference …

Do policies to encourage compact, mixed use, pedestrian-friendly land-use patterns reduce
driving? Not necessarily. Understanding how the built environment affects travel patterns is …