| Using the explanatory variables of individual attributes, commute distance and land-use characteristics, this study develops a multinomial logistic model to examine the effects of the urban land-use characteristics on commuter travel, based on a travel survey of 1339 individuals from nine selected sub-districts of Hangzhou. The results show that, a car-dominated commute pattern had come into being in the continuing process of high-density urban expansion and household income increase; and the land-use characteristics of small street blocks, high-density street networks, mixed land use, etc. had been the encouraging factors of automobile dependence. These findings suggest that people's commute travel behavior will be optimized towards achieving'green pattern'by synthesizing multiple tools of land use planning, car-use regulation and transit environment design. |
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