Project Number:
04-13
Research Project:
What can we Learn from CTPP 2000?Neighborhood Attributes, Commuting Behavior and Jobs-Housing Balance:A Comparative 1990-2000 Study Across California's Major Metropolitan Areas
P.I. Name & Address:
Harry W. Richardson
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
Tel:(213) 740-3954
Fax:(213) 740-6170
Email: hrichard@usc.edu
Peter Gordon
School of Policy, Planning, and Development
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626
Tel:(213) 740-1467
Fax:(213) 740-6170
Email: ioannou@rcf.usc.edu
Project Objective:
Land use planners are very interested in the commuting effects of urban form and structure.New Urbanist designs, for example, are often promoted as a way to alleviate traffic problems. Yet, in spite of many years of research, very little isknown.Small-area data from the 2000 Census as well as new capabilities to compare small-area data for the last four rounds of the Census suggest that there is now an opportunity to expand our understanding of the transportation-land use nexus.This research will focus on neighborhood types in California's five largest metropolitan areas.
We propose to build on currently ongoing Metrans-funded research, in which we have made good progress, creating and testing a taxonomy of neighborhood types helpful to understanding variations in travel behavior.The links between neighborhood types, neighborhood change, and commuting will be analyzed using the special tabulations that will soon become available with the release of the Census' long-form CTPP data.We will test the effects that our generic neighborhood types may have on jobs-housing balance.
Task Descriptions:
A. Select California metro areas to be studied.
B. Measure neighborhood changes between census years.
C. Test for relationships between neighborhood change and commuting behavior changes, across neighborhood types and scales and across metro areas.
D. Identify implications for neighborhood development alternatives (including infill) and commuting implications
E. Compute jobs-housing balance for generic neighborhood types from CTPP (1990 and 2000) data - for five California metro areas and for both years.
F. Test and develop jobs-housing balance hypotheses
G. Prepare report of findings and papers for conference presentations and refereed journals.
Milestones, Dates:
January 5, 2004 - January 4, 2005
Total Budget:
$75,000
Student Involvement:
Two Students @ $21.54/hr, 10 hrs per week, 12 months
Relationship to Other Research Projects:
Related to 03-20, part of urban mobility focus area
Technology Transfer Activities:
Project report posted on the website
Potential Benefits of the Project:
More effective land use and transportation planning
TRB Keywords:
Commuting behavior, land use and transportation
Primary Subject:
4b.4 Transportation planning, economics, and institutional issues
Goals:
Mobility
Enabling Research:
Human performance and behavior
Modal Orientation:
Highway, transit
