Overlooked destinations : suburban nodes, centers, and trips to strips.

Details

• Creators:
  Larco, Nico
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Oregon
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Suburbs
  • Residents
  • Travel behavior
  • Commercial strips
  • Travel surveys
  • Mode choice
  • Urban design
  • Walking
  • Bicycling
  • Land use planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  OTREC-RR-12-12
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon
• Corporate Publisher:
  Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-Bicycles ; NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-Pedestrians ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Land Use ; NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-Surveys
• Abstract:
  This study looks at travel to typical suburban commercial strips by residents living within one-third of a mile of the strip by ; focusing on six sites – four in the Portland, OR., metro area and two in the Atlanta, GA., metro area. The study mapped ; pedsheds around the commercial strips in these sites and found significant increases in network extents when formal and ; informal pedestrian paths were added to street centerline data. Informal networks such as goat paths through vacant land and ; cuts in fences were widespread and suggest a pent-up demand for route directness. ; Travel surveys of residents found significant amounts of walking and biking in these areas – just over one-third of all trips to ; the commercial strip – with travel distance and walking along or across arterials affecting mode choice. This suggests network ; extent and connectivity to be a critical factor in increasing walking and biking in these suburban areas. Resident motivations ; behind mode choice included convenience (which mode is easiest); cost (active travel is less expensive than auto travel); and ; culture (a pattern of driving or active travel, regardless of ease or cost). There was little variation across sites, suggesting that ; this level of active travel and the motivations behind it are fairly consistent, with a few variations, across income and ; geography.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2011-440
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26341/dot_26341_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2f4802e28adde653a1a42b14b5cafe96a63761839930ea53f62a37f35b4d2c36