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原文传递 Evaluating the Benefits of Light Rail Transit.

题名：	Evaluating the Benefits of Light Rail Transit.
关键词：	Light rail transit, Benefit analysis, Travel pattern, Vehicle mile traveled, Research design, Ridership analysis, Research implementation plan, Clean cars
摘要：	This study evaluated the impact of the Expo light rail transit (LRT) line, which began service in south Los Angeles in 2012, on the travel and activity patterns of both long-term residents and those who moved to the area after service began. Findings support the implementation of Senate Bill 375 (SB 375) by evaluating the potential of transit investments for promoting compact, transit-oriented development goals of reducing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and increasing active travel. Based on a quasi-experimental, longitudinal research design, results for longer-term residents indicate that living within walking distance (1 kilometer) of the line was associated with a reduction of 11 household VMT per day, a change likely due to their reduction in average car trip length. Living near the line was not associated with a significant increase in walking or bicycling trips. Residents who moved to the area after service began tended to be younger and had higher rental rates and income; those within walking distance of a station drove 8-10 more VMT per day and took longer car trips compared to longer-term households near a station but had rail ridership rates which were more than double that of longer-term households near a station.
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