Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case study
The promotion of local sustainable travel is ever prominent within local transport plans, although it is still not well understood how the change to more sustainable and less carbon-based travel can be achieved. The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of the travel choice mecha...
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| author | Paulus Teguh Aditjandra Xinyu (Jason) Cao Corinne Mulley |
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| description | The promotion of local sustainable travel is ever prominent within local transport plans, although it is still not well understood how the change to more sustainable and less carbon-based travel can be achieved. The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of the travel choice mechanism following residential relocation. This paper uses a structural equations model and an ordered model to explore the drivers of public transport and walking use within an urban environment, using a quasi-longitudinal dataset from 10 communities in the metropolitan area of Tyne and Wear, in northeast England. The results show that changes in public transport use are determined by accessibility features of the built environment, alongside socio-demographic and travel attitude characteristics. Changes in walking, on the other hand, are determined mostly by built-environment characteristics. These findings suggest that a different approach is needed for the promotion of public transport use than for increasing walking trips (aside from walking to access public transport). The provision of public transport services needs to take into account the importance of the value of transport to users, to sufficiently attract and retain them. To promote walking, policy must focus on changes to the built environment (such as safety, travel accessibility, and the sociability of the environment), since it is changes in these characteristics that drive walking in the urban area. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7e28be6224214ef5a0f77ab222fea92d2025-08-20T02:28:02ZengUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingJournal of Transport and Land Use1938-78492015-07-019310.5198/jtlu.2015.588Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case studyPaulus Teguh Aditjandra0Xinyu (Jason) CaoCorinne MulleyNewcastle UniversityThe promotion of local sustainable travel is ever prominent within local transport plans, although it is still not well understood how the change to more sustainable and less carbon-based travel can be achieved. The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of the travel choice mechanism following residential relocation. This paper uses a structural equations model and an ordered model to explore the drivers of public transport and walking use within an urban environment, using a quasi-longitudinal dataset from 10 communities in the metropolitan area of Tyne and Wear, in northeast England. The results show that changes in public transport use are determined by accessibility features of the built environment, alongside socio-demographic and travel attitude characteristics. Changes in walking, on the other hand, are determined mostly by built-environment characteristics. These findings suggest that a different approach is needed for the promotion of public transport use than for increasing walking trips (aside from walking to access public transport). The provision of public transport services needs to take into account the importance of the value of transport to users, to sufficiently attract and retain them. To promote walking, policy must focus on changes to the built environment (such as safety, travel accessibility, and the sociability of the environment), since it is changes in these characteristics that drive walking in the urban area.https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/588Public transport useWalkingBuilt EnvironmentResidential relocation |
| spellingShingle | Paulus Teguh Aditjandra Xinyu (Jason) Cao Corinne Mulley Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case study Journal of Transport and Land Use Public transport use Walking Built Environment Residential relocation |
| title | Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case study |
| title_full | Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case study |
| title_fullStr | Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case study |
| title_short | Exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation: a British case study |
| title_sort | exploring changes in public transport use and walking following residential relocation a british case study |
| topic | Public transport use Walking Built Environment Residential relocation |
| url | https://www.jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/588 |
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