Abstract
ABSTRACT The network effects and spatial spillovers of transport accessibility on local employment growth highlight the benefits of transport improvements that extend beyond the areas with newly invested transport infrastructure, which can be important for a better understanding of the land use effects of urban transport. Previous studies have largely ignored transport network effects and spillovers on intra-metropolitan employment growth. In this paper, we incorporate transport network analysis and spatial econometric techniques to examine the impact of transport accessibility on local employment growth in the Beijing metropolitan area from 1996 to 2018. Our results indicate significant positive transport network effects and the existence of spatial spillovers of transport accessibility on intra-metropolitan employment growth. As for the spatial spillovers, we argue that whether the spillovers of transport accessibility on nearby areas are positive or negative depends on the spatial scale and the types of economic activities and transport infrastructure. Our results show that the spillovers of highways are negative at the relatively small spatial scale and mainly for sectors with intensive demand for transport services, while rail transit imposes positive spillovers on the economy of regions around rail transit at the larger spatial scale and mainly for higher-order services.
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