Journal
RESEARCH IN TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS
Volume 67, Issue -, Pages 54-67Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2017.06.003
Keywords
Infill development; Vehicle miles traveled; Travel behavior; Difference-in-differences
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- Dow Sustainability Fellowship
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While the evidence that the built environment can influence travel behavior to date is fairly robust, the influence of specific, identifiable policy actions is limited. One policy action that can potentially change travel behavior is increasing infill development, particularly if that development is located near the center of a major metropolitan region. This study examines the influence of a large-scale, infill development, Atlantic Station, which opened in 2005 just west of Midtown Atlanta. The study uses propensity scores and differences-in-differences research designs to identify how travel patterns changed for new residents and for existing residents of the area around Atlantic Station, respectively. Atlantic Station reduced vehicle miles traveled and increased alternative mode share for its new residents, but it did not reduce the vehicle miles traveled or increase alternative mode share for the existing residents of the area around Atlantic Station. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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