How built environment affects travel behavior: A comparative analysis of the connections between land use and vehicle miles traveled in US cities

Journal of Transport and Land Use

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 40-52

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Hong, Jinhyun ^b   Nasri, Arefeh ^a   Shen, Qing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Land use change; Multilevel Bayesian model; Travel behavior; US urban transportation planning policy; Vehicle miles traveled (VMT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872016575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19387849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5198/jtlu.v5i3.266     Document Type: Article

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