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作者

Pedram Saeidizand;Koos Fransen;Kobe Boussauw

来源

CITIES,Vol.120,Issue1,Article 103467

语言

英文

关键字

Car dependency;Global metropolitan areas;Urban planning policies;Density

作者单位

International Association of Public Transport, Rue Sainte Marie 6, 1080 Brussels, Belgium;Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium;International Association of Public Transport, Rue Sainte Marie 6, 1080 Brussels, Belgium;Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

摘要

This article aims to contribute to the understanding of car dependency of cities, a line of inquiry which emerged in the late 1980s. First, we update possibly outdated insights based on more recent data. Second, we highlight methodological limitations of this type of research, which will help determine the relevance of typical findings in the broader debate on urban sustainability. For our analysis, we base ourselves on the Mobility in Cities Database which includes properties of urban form and mobility of 56 metropolitan areas worldwide. Using OLS modelling, we found that density, public transport supply and demand, car ownership, fuel price and level of congestion are important predictors of car use. However, although these variables are significantly associated with car travel in metropolitan areas, they do explain variance to a limited extent only, partly since such variables do not cover underlying personal attributes such as age, income, attitudes, or residential self-selection. This puts the findings and the implications of earlier comparative analysis of car dependency of metropolitan areas into perspective and questions the tendency of urban planning policies to view urban density as a silver bullet solution.