JTLU Volume 7, No. 3 (2014)

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Table of Contents:

Residential self-selection in the relationships between the built environment and travel behavior: Introduction to the special issue, pp. 1-3

Residential self-selection, built environment, and travel behavior in the Chinese context, pp. 5-14

Residential self-selection in travel behavior: Towards an integration into mobility biographies pp. 15-28

Revisiting residential self-selection issues: A life-oriented approach, pp. 29-45

Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection, pp. 47-56

Tempest in a teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies, pp. 57-79

Reaction to the paper Tempest in a Teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies, pp. 81-86

Response to Van Wee and Boarnet, pp. 87-92

Satisfaction with travel and residential self-selection: How do preferences moderate the impact of the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit line?, pp. 93-108

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Residential self-selection in the relationships between the built environment and travel behavior: Introduction to the special issue
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Cao, Jason
This paper introduces the topic of residential self-selection, the topic for this issue of the Journal of Transport and Land Use.
Residential self-selection, built environment, and travel behavior in the Chinese context
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Wang, Donggen; Lin, Tao
Residential self-selection has been reported to be a factor confounding the observed relationship between built environment and travel behavior. By incorporating residential self-selection, studies have generated much insight into the causalities involved in the relationship between built environment and travel behavior. However, most of these studies were conducted in North American cities, where individuals may have the opportunity to realize their preferences in residential and transport mode choices. There are not many similar studies for other parts of the world, such as China, where residential and transport choices are probably more constrained than in North America. This paper aims to partly fill the gap by discussing the specificities of the residential self-selection issue in urban China and suggesting how to cope with this issue when examining the relationship between built environment and travel behavior in the Chinese context. We argue that studies addressing the residential self-selection issue in China need to consider the housing source, which has implications for residential choice, and acknowledge the importance of some travel-related attitudes such as preferences for short commutes, good accessibility to public transport, and proximity to markets for daily goods shopping.
Residential self-selection in travel behavior: Towards an integration into mobility biographies
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Scheiner, Joachim
The debate on residential self-selection (RSS) in the travel field seeks to answer the question of whether and to what extent spatial differences in traveling may be explained in spatial terms or to what extent, rather, they are explained by the unequal spatial distribution of people’s social and personal characteristics, particularly their neighborhood and travel preferences. Arguing primarily from a European—specifically, German— perspective, this paper makes a case for integrating the RSS-travel link into the mobility biographies approach that has emerged over the past decade. This approach addresses travel behavior as being embedded in other “spheres” of an individual’s life course, most notably the household and family biographies, the employment biography, and the residential biography. This paper argues that stability and change in travel behavior must be considered not only in concert with residential location choice, but also in the wider context of life course, in which residential choices themselves are embedded. Some unresolved issues in the RSS-travel debate that seem to be of key importance for the current debate are discussed, including various aspects of residential location choice, the role of preferences, and implications for spatial planning and transport planning. The benefits of taking a biographical perspective are also pointed out.
Revisiting residential self-selection issues: A life-oriented approach
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Zhang, Junyi
It has been widely argued that residential self-selection stems from two sources: attitudes and sociodemographic traits. This argument would be true if decisions were made with respect to only residential choice and travel behavior. Because they are just a part of people’s life choice, the influence of life choice on self-selection cannot be ignored. In this context, a life-oriented approach becomes relevant, where residential and travel decisions are interdependent not only with each other, but also with other life domains as a part of general life decisions. This paper conceptually argued and empirically confirmed the necessity of developing a life-oriented approach to reexamine residential self-selection issues. I proposed that life choices should be treated as an additional source of the self-selection, and dynamic interdependences between residential choice, travel behavior, and other life choices should be properly modeled. From a policy perspective, the life-oriented approach suggests that successful transport and land use policies should be designed together with policies in other significantly relevant sectors (e.g., health and environment) and such cross-sectoral policies could better contribute to the improvement of people’s quality of life.
Estimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Chatman, Daniel
The common understanding of “residential self-selection” generally found in research on the effects of the built environment on travel is in error in three main ways. First, scholars have generally failed to recognize that the built environment may have different effects on travel for different households. Second, controlling for residential self-selection is not necessarily relevant to the predictive questions that controlled estimates are meant to inform. Third, in controlling for preferences and sorting, the literature has failed to account for the composition of the population and its consequences for housing demand. These problems may significantly influence the validity and usefulness of the research.
Tempest in a teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Naess, Petter
While numerous studies have investigated influences of built environment characteristics on travel behavior, many scholars are concerned about the confounding effect of residential self-selection. This paper argues that the existence of transport-attitude-based residential self-selection hardly represents any threat to the validity of the basic knowledge on how residential location within urban contexts influences travel behavior. The causal mechanisms by which residential location influences travel behavior exist regardless of whether or not transport-related residential self-selection occurs. Moreover, the cases presented in this paper suggest that residential self-selection based on attitudes to travel is unlikely to represent any great source of error for parameter estimates of the effects of residential location variables on travel behavior as long as “traditional” demographic and socioeconomic variables have already been accounted for. The doubts raised by certain scholars about the implications of attitude-based residential self-selection for the validity of the knowledge base of land use and transportation policies thus appear to be not very well-founded.
Reaction to the paper Tempest in a Teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Van Wee, Bert; Boarnet, Marlon
This is a reaction to the paper available at https://hdl.handle.net/11299/171222.
Response to Van Wee and Boarnet
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Naess, Petter
This is a reaction to the paper available at https://hdl.handle.net/11299/171221.
Satisfaction with travel and residential self-selection: How do preferences moderate the impact of the Hiawatha Light Rail Transit line?
(Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2014) Cao, Jason; Ettema, Dick
Policies in urban and transportation planning increasingly aim at improving residents’ wellbeing. Satisfaction with travel (SWT) is a relevant component of well-being. Insight into the effect of the built environment on SWT is limited and therefore the focus of this paper. To assess this effect, a crucial issue is to what extent a relationship between the built environment and SWT is due to residential self-selection. To explore this question, a survey was held in corridors of the Twin Cities, which differed in terms of accessibility and transit options. Respondents reported their SWT, travel preferences and reasons for location choices, among other things. Using a fixed-effect model of SWT, we found that self-selection plays a significant role in explaining SWT, but that built environment characteristics also have an independent effect on SWT. Taken together this suggests that policies to build high-quality transit have a positive effect on SWT, in general, and particularly for those with a transit preference.