摘要: |
The objective of this project is to analyze how shifting residential location, demographics, economic activity, and preferences have contributed to changes in travel behavior in the Philadelphia Region over the past decade and a half. Cities and regions like Philadelphia have been at the heart of national increases in the use of transit, bicycles, and walking at the regional, megaregional, and national level. The metropolitan area has experienced enough demographic and spatial change in a short period of time and has enough demographic and travel variation to begin to unpack questions about the relative importance of economic conditions, demographic change, and people�s preferences in shifting travel patterns. A better understanding of the underlying factors that have contributed to the region�s changing travel patterns can help transportation planners make more informed decisions about where and how to invest in transportation infrastructure. |