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Neighborhood Design and Aging: An Empirical Analysis in Northern California (Sep 2007, DP-189)
The low mobility of seniors may be due in part to a history of auto-oriented transportation and land use policy decisions. More recently, land use policies that make it possible to drive less show promise of effectiveness for the population as a whole. However, little attention has been paid to the implications...
Examining the Impacts of Residential Self-Selection on Travel Behavior: Methodologies and Empirical Findings (Nov 2006, DP-177)
Numerous studies have found that suburban residents drive more and walk less than residents in traditional neighborhoods. What is less well understood is the extent to which the observed patterns of travel behavior can be attributed to the residential built environment itself, as opposed to the prior...