FREEWAY EFFECTS ON RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY IN METROPOLITAN NEIGHBORHOODS

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH REPORTED WERE TO DELINEATE METROPOLITAN NEIGHBORHOODS, INVESITGATE THE EFFECT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF A FREEWAY ON RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY, ANALYZE FREEWAY---NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONSHIP CATEGORIES, AND INTERPRET THESE FINDINGS IN A CAUSAL AND PREDICTIVE FRAMEWORK. BEFORE-FREEWAY AND AFTER-FREEWAY AND CONTROL GROUP RESEARCH DESIGNS WERE UTILIZED. RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY WAS THE DEPENDENT VARIABLE AND 4 FREEWAY--NEIGHBORHOOD RELATIONSHIP CATEGORIES WERE THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLES: CONTROL NEIGHBORHOODS, STUDY NEIGHBORHOODS NOT BORDERING THE FREEWAY, STUDY NEIGHBORHOODS BORDERING THE FREEWAY, AND STUDY NEIGHBORHOODS SEGMENTED BY THE FREEWAY. A TOTAL OF 152 STUDY NEIGHBORHOODS AND 47 CONTROL NEIGHBORHOODS WERE EXAMINED IN AUSTIN, DALLSA AND HOUSTON. A "NEIGHBORHOOD" INDEX WAS FORMULATED TO AID IN NEIGHBORHOOD DELINEATION AND TO MEASURE RESIDENTIAL SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL. A "MOBILITY" INDEX WAS FORMULATED TO MEASURE RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY. NEIGHBORHOOD INDEXES WERE CALCULATED FOR 2 TIME PERIODS, AND MOBILITY INDEXES FOR 3 TIME PERIODS. PRODUCT-MOMENT AND RANK-DIFFERENCE CORRELATION ANALYSES WERE CONDUCTED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD INDEX IS AN OBJECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DELINEATION AND THAT EFFECTS OF INTRODUCTION OF A FREEWAY IN METROPOLITAN NEIGHBORHOODS ON RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY CAN BE ACCURATELY DETERMINED WITH THE MOBILITY INDEX. RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS SEGMENTED BY THE FREEWAY RIGHT-OR-WAY. QUALITATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO DECLINE IF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS SEGMENTED BY THE FREEWAY. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • McLean, Edward L
  • Adkins, William G
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 95-104
• Monograph Title: Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors of Transportation
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 356
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Correlation analysis; Freeways; Highways; Location; Mobility; Residents; Social factors; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Highway location
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00240063
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309019692
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM