Open AccessEstimating the effect of land use and transportation planning on travel patterns: Three problems in controlling for residential self-selection
Author(s) -
Daniel G. Chatman
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of transport and land use
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1938-7849
DOI - 10.5198/jtlu.v7i3.729
Subject(s) - selection (genetic algorithm) , land use , sorting , travel behavior , transportation planning , population , transport engineering , built environment , business , operations research , computer science , engineering , sociology , civil engineering , artificial intelligence , demography , programming language
JTLU vol. 7, no 3, pp. 47-56 (2014)The common understanding of “residential self-selection” generally found in research on the effects of the built environment on travel is in error in three main ways. First, scholars have generally failed to recognize that the built environment may have different effects on travel for different households. Second, controlling for residential self-selection is not necessarily relevant to the predictive questions that controlled estimates are meant to inform. Third, in controlling for preferences and sorting, the literature has failed to account for the composition of the population and its consequences for housing demand. These problems may significantly influence the validity and usefulness of the research