Logistics land use and the city: A spatial–temporal modeling approach

Abstract

This paper presents a novel approach to examining the transportation/land use relationship from a logistics land use perspective. The key question concerns quantifying the influence of transportation system performance on the pattern of logistics land use in a city. We use a spatial–temporal approach, based on spatial-autoregressive modeling where logistics land use development over time is related to the influence of network accessibility elements (congested travel times), among other factors. The results support the use of this approach, as a complement to more involved integrated modeling efforts and further indicate the importance of access to key locations in the city for logistics land development, as well as the lagged nature of the relationship.