Travel Behavior of Two Major Groups in Large-Scale Residential Areas in the Periphery of Shanghai, China: Case Study of Jinhexincheng, Jiading District

Shanghai is in the process of urban redevelopment. In order to reform old downtown areas and improve living conditions, poor houses are demolished and government relocates the residents. Usually they are relocated in large-scale residential areas in the periphery of Shanghai. Jinhexincheng is one of them. Previous studies usually focus on travel behavior in developed countries. Suburban travel behavior in developing countries waits to be more studied. Studies which look into different people’s travel behavior in large-scale residential areas in the suburbs in developing countries are even scarce. This study analyzes two major groups’ travel behaviors to provide a deeper understanding of this issue in Chinese big cities. Data is collected through a random sampling survey. Considering population pyramid of Jinhexincheng, socioeconomic and travel characteristics, two main groups come out: workers (representing commuters) and retirees (representing non-commuters). Results show that many workers commute across districts while retirees often travel inside the district. The logistic regression model is utilized, suggesting the most important factor of cross-district commuting is education. To workers, buses, mopeds and the metro are popular mode choices. However, to retirees, buses, the metro, supermarket shuttle buses and walking become popular choices. Furthermore, the morning departure time of the elderly is later than the workers’ and the workers’ is earlier than morning peak in Shanghai center. Compared to the world average commuting time (40 minutes), Jinhexincheng’s commuting time (over an hour) is quite long. The results suggest that transportation planning must consider travel needs of different people.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB50 Transportation Planning Applications.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Guan, Jinping
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2013-1-13 to 2013-1-17
• Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: TRB 92nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Commuters; Departure time; Logistic regression analysis; Mode choice; Residential areas; Retirement; Socioeconomic factors; Suburbs; Travel behavior
• Uncontrolled Terms: Noncommuter drivers; Retirees
• Geographic Terms: Shanghai (China)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01475782
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 13-0510
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 15 2013 9:48AM