Does compact land use trigger a rise in crime and a fall in ridership? A role for crime in the land use–travel connection.
Studies in the land use–travel connection have long neglected the role of neighbourhood crime. This paper analyses such a role of crime and explores whether more compact land-use characteristics tend to cluster more crimes, thus having a negative impact on public transit use. A path analysis model i...
| Publicado en: | Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 53; no. 14; pp. 3007 - 3027 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=118451498&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 118451498 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00420980 54XY jtl: Urban Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.) issn: 00420980 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Nov2016 vid: 53 iid: 14 pid: 2171 pub: Sage Publications, Ltd. artinfo: ui: 118451498 10.1177/0042098015605222 ppf: 3007 ppct: 20 formats: tig: atl: Does compact land use trigger a rise in crime and a fall in ridership? A role for crime in the land use–travel connection. aug: au: Zhang, Wenjia affil: University of Texas at Austin, USA su: Austin (Tex.) United States Offenses against property Social history Public transit ridership Bus travel Public transit Land use -- Social aspects sug: subj: Offenses against property Social history Austin (Tex.) United States Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems Other Urban Transit Systems Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Urban transit systems Mixed Mode Transit Systems Public transit ridership Bus travel Public transit Land use -- Social aspects keyword: Austin bus stop ridership land use–travel connection non-linear path analysis TX violent and property crime Austin bus stop ridership land use–travel connection non-linear path analysis TX violent and property crime ab: Studies in the land use–travel connection have long neglected the role of neighbourhood crime. This paper analyses such a role of crime and explores whether more compact land-use characteristics tend to cluster more crimes, thus having a negative impact on public transit use. A path analysis model is used to estimate the relationship between land use, crime, and bus ridership in the city of Austin, Texas. The results demonstrate that higher population density and more mixed land use may significantly stimulate more crimes near the bus stops while the level of crime may have a nonlinear effect on ridership. Once the number of reported crimes exceeds a threshold level, ridership is negatively affected. As a result, very dense residential and commercial development may trigger a rise in crimes, leading to a fall in ridership. These findings suggest that those who seek to implement land use policies to increase transit use and reduce auto dependence should recognise and evaluate land use impact on crime and how this impact affects travel behaviours. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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