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• 1. [Article] Understanding Where We Live and How We Travel

  Understanding changing residential preferences—especially as they are represented within land use and travel demand models—is fundamental to understanding the drivers of future housing, land use and transportation ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Understanding Where We Live and How We Travel Author: Currans, Kristina Marie Year: 2016 Understanding changing residential preferences—especially as they are represented within land use and travel demand models—is fundamental to understanding the drivers of future housing, land use and transportation policies. As communities struggle to address a rising number of social challenges with increasing economic uncertainty, transportation and land use planning have become increasingly centered on assumptions concerning the market for residential environments and travel choices. In response, an added importance has been placed on the development of toolkits capable of providing a robust and flexible understanding of how differing assumptions contribute to a set of planning scenarios and impact future residential location decisions. In this presentation, we discuss one such improvement that can be added to the transportation planning toolkit: an innovative visual online survey tool. This tool was developed to provide a means for researchers to communicate the residential environment to the public. Within this study, we test the ability for the general population to see neighborhood environments consistently. Then we apply this tool within an original data collection, which focuses on examining the residential preferences and trade-offs between neighborhood and commute choices. We discuss the methods developed, lessons learned, and results from the Oregon-based pilot studies testing and applying this new tool. Title: Understanding Where We Live and How We Travel Author: Currans, Kristina Marie Year: 2016 Understanding changing residential preferences—especially as they are represented within land use and travel demand models—is fundamental to understanding the drivers of future housing, land use and transportation policies. As communities struggle to address a rising number of social challenges with increasing economic uncertainty, transportation and land use planning have become increasingly centered on assumptions concerning the market for residential environments and travel choices. In response, an added importance has been placed on the development of toolkits capable of providing a robust and flexible understanding of how differing assumptions contribute to a set of planning scenarios and impact future residential location decisions. In this presentation, we discuss one such improvement that can be added to the transportation planning toolkit: an innovative visual online survey tool. This tool was developed to provide a means for researchers to communicate the residential environment to the public. Within this study, we test the ability for the general population to see neighborhood environments consistently. Then we apply this tool within an original data collection, which focuses on examining the residential preferences and trade-offs between neighborhood and commute choices. We discuss the methods developed, lessons learned, and results from the Oregon-based pilot studies testing and applying this new tool. Close