Urban Form and Vehicular Travel: Some Empirical Findings

Transportation Research Record - Tập 1617 Số 1 - Trang 18-27 - 1998
Eric J. Miller1, Amal Ibrahim2
1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 35 St. George Street, Toronto,#R#Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4
2Synectics Transportation Consultants, Inc., 36 Hiscott Street, Suite 104, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2R 1C8

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Some empirical findings are presented on the relationship between urban form and work trip commuting efficiency, drawn from the analysis of 1986 work trip commuting patterns in the greater Toronto area. Work trip commuting efficiency is measured with respect to the average number of vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) per worker in a given zone. Preliminary findings include VKT per worker increases as one moves away from both the central core of the city and from other high-density employment centers within the region; job-housing balance, per se, shows little impact on commuting VKT; and population density, in and of itself, does not explain variations on commuting VKT once other urban structure variables have been accounted for.

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Transportation Research Record

Tập 1617 Số 1

18-27

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