Abstract
This study confirmed the general belief of urban planners that mixed land use promotes walking in Seoul, a metropolis in East Asia, by analyzing the effect of mixed land use on the travel mode choice of housewives and unemployed people who make non-commuting trips on weekdays. Using binomial logistic regression of commuting data, it was found that the more mixed a neighborhood environment’s uses are, the more the pedestrians prefer to walk rather than drive. The nonlinear relationship between the land use mix index and the choice to walk was also confirmed. Although mixed land use in neighborhoods increased the probability of residents choosing walking over using cars, when the degree of complexity increased above a certain level, the opposite effect was observed. As the density of commercial areas increased, the probability of selecting walking increased. In addition to locational characteristics, income and housing type were also major factors affecting the choice to walk; i.e., when the residents’ neighborhood environment was controlled for higher income and living in an apartment rather than multi-family or single-family housing, they were more likely to choose driving over walking.
Highlights
Since the mid-20th century, urban planners have believed that people walk more in mixed land use and high-density areas [1,2]
The study findings suggested that environment density affects choice of travel mode to work, while design factors are more influential on non-commuting trips, demonstrating that factors affecting transport mode choice vary according to the trip purpose
North American cities, based on exclusive land use, a linear relationship can be estimated between land use mix (LUM) and walking choice; in the case of high-density and mixed-use cities, a nonlinear relationship should be considered when measuring the effects of mixeduse land
Summary
Since the mid-20th century, urban planners have believed that people walk more in mixed land use and high-density areas [1,2]. This study analyzes whether mixed land use has a positive effect on choosing to walk According to Im and Choi [15], there are nonlinear relationships between LUM and for transport in high-density, mixed-use, and compact cities such as Seoul. Housewives and the unemployed, including were selected on cars and increase travel by walking They have students, found that high density and ato diverse investigate their transport mode choices on weekdays in residential areas.
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