Residential relocation as a key event in commuting mode shift

Tao, Y.; Petrović, A.; van Ham, M.; Fu, Xingxing

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2023.103772

Residential relocation as a key event in commuting mode shift

Title

Residential relocation as a key event in commuting mode shift

Author

Tao, Y. (TU Delft Urban Studies)
Petrović, A. (TU Delft Urban Studies)
van Ham, M. (TU Delft Urbanism)
Fu, Xingxing (Universiteit Utrecht)

Department

Urbanism

Date

2023

Abstract

Residential self-selection studies argue that pre-existing travel-related attitude overshadows the role of changes in residential built environment in (re)shaping travel behaviours. Our study contributes to this self-selection argument by including family- and job-related life events as another self-selection source, and accounting for the reverse causality from built environment to travel attitude as opposed to the attitude-induced self-selection. Using a two-wave sample of 1,038 Dutch residents before and after the relocation, we developed structural equation models to investigate longitudinal relationships between changes in residential built environment and job-housing distances, the occurrence of life events, and changes in commuting mode choices and preferences pre-post relocation. Results supported residential self-selection arising from pre-existing preferences for car and public transport commuting, while residents lowered the active commuting preference after moving to a more suburban neighbourhood. Life events concurrent with residential relocation, such as childbirth and job changes, also underlay greater demand for car use.

Subject

Built environment
Longitudinal designs
Mobility biographies
Netherlands
Residential self-selection
Travel behaviour

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103772

ISSN

1361-9209

Source

Transportation Research. Part D: Transport & Environment, 119

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