The Geography of Household Transportation Expenses in Greater Buenos Aires

This paper presents the results of an analysis of the relationship between household characteristics, where households reside, and how much households spend on transportation in Greater Buenos Aires. The purpose is to develop a better understanding of whether and where coordinated land use and transportation planning can play a role in improving regional housing and transportation affordability. To this end, the authors develop and present a series of statistical models of how much households spend on transportation on a typical weekday and whether households own a one or more cars. They rely on data from the 2010 household travel survey of approximately 22,000 households in Greater Buenos Aires, matched with data from the Census, a land price database, and a World Bank accessibility indicator. From these analyses the authors present six key findings: (1) Socioeconomic factors are the strongest predictors of household transportation expenses; (2) geography nevertheless plays and important role; (3) the role of accessibility is complex and perhaps counterintuitive; (4) car ownership is the critical pathway that largely determines household spending; (5) parking availability and thus parking policy are important predictors of car ownership; and (6) job location and proximity, as well as home location, play a role in how much a household spends on transportation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD30 Standing Committee on Transportation and Land Development.
• Authors:
  • Guerra, Erick
  • Caudillo, Camilo
  • Goytia, Cynthia
  • Peralta Quiros, Tatiana
  • Rodriguez, Camila
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2018-1-7 to 2018-1-11
• Date: 2018

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 19p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Expenses; Geography; Households; Jobs; Land use; Parking; Residential location; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation planning; Travel surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation costs
• Geographic Terms: Buenos Aires (Argentina)
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01658524
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 18-03110
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 2018 10:44AM