title: Density and the journey to work.
abstract: "This paper evaluates the influence of residential density on commuting behavior across U.S. cities while controlling for available opportunities, the technology of transportation infrastructure, and individual socio-economic and demographic characteristics. The measures of metropolitan and local density are addressed separately.... Regressions are conducted to predict commuting time, speed, and distance, by mode of travel on a cross-section of individuals nationally and city by city. The results indicate that residential density in the area around the tripmaker's home is an important factor: the higher the density the lower the speed and the shorter the distance.... The paper suggests a threshold density at which the decrease in distance is overtaken by the congestion effects resulting in a residential density between 7,500 and 10,000 persons per square mile (neither the highest nor lowest) with the shortest duration auto commutes."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005843:Geography; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density; D014186:Transportation; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Commuting; Developed Countries; Distance; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Density; Spatial Distribution; Transportation; United States; Urban Spatial Distribution