Measuring and Visualizing the Diversity of Land Use and Its Relationship with Travel Behavior

This paper discusses the methodology that the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) is applying to calculate, visualize, and analyze diversity of land use and it's relation to travel behavior. Specifically, this work describes the technique of calculating the diversity of land use within a half-mile of households and its effects on non-motorized travel and vehicle trip length. This technique requires that land use information be available at the parcel, or neighborhood, level instead of being aggregated to larger tract or transportation analysis zone (TAZ) level. Since SACOG is currently applying a parcel-level, activity-based travel model, it is necessary to develop the performance metrics that take advantage of this level of spatial detail. Furthermore, with regional initiatives pushing for “smart growth” and mixed-use development, it is necessary to have a quantitative method that measures a future scenario's index of land use diversity which will determine if it can help reduce congestion by positioning retail, school, and service-based jobs near homes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Authors:
  • Hossack, Gary Steve
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
• Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: DVD
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: TRB 87th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Land use planning; Mixed use development; Nonmotorized transportation; Planning and design; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Travel costs; Travel surveys
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01099557
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 08-2742
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 21 2008 7:08AM