The Philadelphia Story: Urban Renaissance and Shifting Travel Behavior in a Northeast Region

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• Creators:
  Guerra, Erick ; Klein, Nicholas J. ; Smart, Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions ; University of Texas at Austin. School of Architecture
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Age groups
  • Built environment
  • Gender
  • Households
  • Low income groups
  • Minorities
  • Travel behavior
  • Travel surveys
  • Urban areas
  • Young adults
• Publication/ Report Number:
  CM2-17
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Philadelphia (Pennsylvania);United States
• Edition:
  December 2016 – September 2018
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions
• Abstract:
  The authors examine changes in travel behavior in the Philadelphia region between 2000 and 2012. The authors use two household regional travel surveys over a decade apart, the 2000 and 2012 surveys, from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). Previous research, at the national scale, has highlighted changes among the Millennial cohort. The authors use these two regional datasets to examine the changing travel behavior among Millennials and to put these changes in context by comparing them with changes among other social groups of interest: women and minorities. The authors find that the travel behavior of young people did not change substantially between 2000 and 2012. Where there are changes, these pale in comparison to the changes among women and black residents. And finally, the authors find that the built environment factors appear to influence travel more in 2012 than in 2000. Taken together, the findings fit an overarching narrative about urban gentrification and the suburbanization of poverty, rather than a story of Millennials’ changing travel behavior.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  69A3551747135
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/64555/dot_64555_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.04 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
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