Effect of land use on decisions of shopping tour generation: A case study of three traditional neighborhoods in WA

Authors: Limanond T.¹; Niemeier D.A.²

Source: Transportation, Volume 31, Number 2, May 2004 , pp. 153-181(29)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This study investigates the relationship between land use and shopping tour generation using an activity-based shopping model that captures the effects of land use patterns on household decisions of shopping tour frequency, tour scheduling and mode choice. The model was calibrated using travel data collected in three traditional neighborhoods located in the Puget Sound region, WA, and shopping travel patterns across seven common household structures were analyzed. The results reveal that land use patterns have virtually no impact on overall shopping tour frequency. However, land use does seem to be associated with decisions about the type of shopping tours undertaken. For example, households with poorer accessibility tend to make fewer one-stop shopping tours, and are more likely to combine shopping trips with other trips to form multi-stop shopping tours as a means of compensating for locational deficiencies. Finally, we also found that traditional neighborhood residents who live closer to the neighborhood commercial street, and thus, have greater accessibility, are more inclined to use non-auto modes for one-stop shopping tours.

Keywords: tour generation; travel demand; traditional neighborhoods

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:PORT.0000016578.21486.af

Affiliations: 1: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA 2: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616, USA, Email: dniemeier@ucdavis.edu

Publication date: 2004-05-01