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The impact of residential growth patterns on vehicle travel and pollutant emissions

Niemeier, Deb; Bai, Song; Handy, Susan L. - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 4 (2011) 3, pp. 65-80

In light of the increasing reliance on compact growth as a fundamental strategy for reducing vehicle emissions, it is important to better understand how land use-transportation interactions influence the production of mobile source emissions. To date, research findings have produced mixed...

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Implementing accessibility in municipal planning — planners’ view

Wennberg, Hanna; Ståhl, Agneta; Hydén, Christer - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 2 (2009) 2, pp. 3-21

policies and planning documents, cooperation with interest organizations, and measures implemented, (2) awareness and use of … accessibility implemented in municipal planning. The results show a large variation in the accessibility standard among the … municipalities in Sweden. In municipalities that have planning documents, e.g. accessibility plan, accessibility issues are treated …

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Assessing the extent of transport social exclusion among the elderly

Titheridge, Helena; Achuthan, Kamalasudhan; Mackett, Roger L - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 2 (2009) 2, pp. 31-48

“Social exclusion” is a concept that has become increasingly prominent in the UK and elsewhere in the last ten years. Social exclusion occurs as a result of a series of problems that prevent people from being able to participate in activities that are considered normal in their society. Some...

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Access, Aging, and Impairments Part B: Accessibility Planning

Schmöcker, Jan-Dirk - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 2 (2009) 2, pp. 1-2

focus on the planning implications and review in how far accessibility planning has been employed in practice. …

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Reaction to the paper Tempest in a Teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies

Boarnet, Marlon G.; Van Wee, Bert - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 7 (2014) 3, pp. 81-86

(no abstract, this is a discusion paper)

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Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection

Chatman, Daniel - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 7 (2014) 3, pp. 47-56

The common understanding of “residential self-selection” generally found in research on the effects of the built environment on travel is in error in three main ways. First, scholars have generally failed to recognize that the built environment may have different effects on travel for...

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Response to Van Wee and Boarnet

Naess, Petter - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 7 (2014) 3, pp. 87-92

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Tempest in a teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies

Naess, Petter - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 7 (2014) 3, pp. 57-79

While numerous studies have investigated influences of built environment characteristics on travel behavior, many scholars are concerned about the confounding effect of residential self-selection. This paper argues that the existence of transport-attitude-based residential self-selection hardly...

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The implications of and institutional barriers to compact land development for transportation: Evidence from Bejing

Zhao, Pengjun - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 6 (2013) 3, pp. 29-42

Land use patterns are believed to affect transportation, while low-capacity land-use management is often seen as one of the primary institutional barriers to sustainable transport. Examining the case of Beijing, this paper aims to contribute more evidence in relation to these issues. Over the...

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A brief introduction to London’s underground railways and land use

Darroch, Nathan - In: The Journal of Transport and Land Use 7 (2014) 1, pp. 105-116

The most common perception of London’s underground railways and land use is that the railway stimulated suburban development and growth of the city. However, the interface between the railway, private property interests, and urban and suburban development is much more complicated than this....

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