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Title:

Defining Mixed-Use: Which Land Uses Promote Walking?

Accession Number:

01150476

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Though researchers have explored the general impacts of mixed use development on physical activity, few have examined which specific land uses should be mixed. This study addresses this gap by examining the influence of the presence, intensity and diversity of land uses on utilitarian walking. Built environment data was related to utilitarian walking for individuals (n=251) in Montgomery County, Maryland. For a variety of land uses including banks, bus stops, fast food restaurants, grocery stores, libraries, rail stations, offices, parks, recreation centers, non-fast food restaurants, retail, schools, sports facilities, night uses, physical activity uses and social uses, exposure measures included the distance from participants’ homes to the closest instance of each land use (presence), the number of instances of each land use (intensity), and the number of different land uses present (diversity), all within circles of ½ and ¼ mile radii from participants’ residences. Distances to banks, bus stops, fast food restaurants, grocery stores, rail stations, night uses, physical activity uses, recreational facilities, restaurants, social uses and sports facilities were negatively associated with transportation walking. The intensities of bus stops, grocery stores, offices, and retail stores were positively correlated with utilitarian walking. Furthermore, a dose-response relationship between land use diversity and walking for transport was detected. Results suggest that planners, policymakers and developers can encourage physical activity and promote walking as a travel mode choice through the careful design of mixed-use developments.

Monograph Accession #:

01147878

Report/Paper Numbers:

10-3117

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

McConville, Megan
Rodríguez, Daniel A
Cho, Gihyoug
Fleischhacker, Sheila
Clifton, Kelly J

Pagination:

19p

Publication Date:

2010

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 89th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2010-1-10 to 2010-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (34) ; Tables (6)

Geographic Terms:

Montgomery County (Maryland)

Subject Areas:

Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2010 Paper #10-3117

Files:

BTRIS, TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 25 2010 11:32AM