The influences of the built environment and residential self-selection on pedestrian behavior: Evidence from Austin, TX
The influences of the built environment and residential self-selection on pedestrian behavior: Evidence from Austin, TX
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DOI：
10.1007/s11116-005-7027-2
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
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影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Mokhtarian, PL
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作者：
Cao, XY;Handy, SL;Mokhtarian, PL
步行旅行为个人和社会提供了广泛的好处。公共卫生官员和公共卫生官员一直在推动改善行人建筑环境质量的政策：混合土地使用，互联的街道网络，人行道和其他设施。这些政策是否有效仍有待讨论。有两个问题尤其需要进一步关注。首先，建筑环境对行人行为的影响可能取决于旅行的目的，无论是实用还是娱乐目的。第二，建筑环境和行人行为之间的联系可能更多的是居住地点的选择，而不是出行选择。这项研究旨在为这两个问题提供新的证据。使用1368名受访者1995年在奥斯汀，德克萨斯州的六个社区进行的调查，两个独立的负二项模型估计的频率内的街区散步旅行和步行购物旅行。我们发现，虽然住宅的自我选择影响这两种类型的旅行，它是最重要的因素解释步行到目的地（即购物）。在考虑了自我选择之后，社区特征（特别是对这些特征的感知）影响了漫步频率，而当地商业区的特征在促进购物旅行方面很重要。
Pedestrian travel offers a wide range of benefits to both individuals and society. Planners and public health officials alike have been promoting policies that improve the quality of the built environment for pedestrians: mixed land uses, interconnected street networks, sidewalks and other facilities. Whether such policies will prove effective remains open to debate. Two issues in particular need further attention. First, the impact of the built environment on pedestrian behavior may depend on the purpose of the trip, whether for utilitarian or recreational purposes. Second, the connection between the built environment and pedestrian behavior may be more a matter of residential location choice than of travel choice. This study aims to provide new evidence on both questions. Using 1368 respondents to a 1995 survey conducted in six neighborhoods in Austin, TX, two separate negative binomial models were estimated for the frequencies of strolling trips and pedestrian shopping trips within neighborhoods. We found that although residential self-selection impacts both types of trips, it is the most important factor explaining walking to a destination (i.e. for shopping). After accounting for self-selection, neighborhood characteristics (especially perceptions of these characteristics) impact strolling frequency, while characteristics of local commercial areas are important in facilitating shopping trips.