Journal
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART A-POLICY AND PRACTICE
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages 46-57Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2022.05.013
Keywords
Travel behavior; Panel data; Mobile phone data; Difference-in-differences; Parallel trends test
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51978617, 41925003, 42130402]
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This study examines the impact of urban rail transit on travel behavior using large-scale panel data. The findings suggest that the introduction of new metros increases metro trips and activity space for residents, while only increasing total trip frequency and distance for a specific range.
The impact of urban rail transit on changes in various travel behavior outcomes has long been debated. However, few studies have used large-scale panel data to investigate how urban rail transit affects travel behavior. In the case of the new metros in Shenzhen, China, we constructed a four-wave panel of 7,799 residents across two years by using mobile phone data. We used a treatment-control group research design and a difference-in-differences analysis to evaluate the impact of the new metros on travel behavior in catchment areas of 0-1, 1-2, and 2-3 km, respectively. The results show that the appearance of the new metros increased the metro trips and activity space for the residents living in the 0-3 km range, but only increased total trip frequency and distance for the residents living in the 0-1 km range. New metro trips mainly replaced bike, e-bike, and bus trips, and slowed the growth trend of car trips. The findings help planners and policymakers better understand the impact of urban rail transit on the residents' mobilities.
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