Exploring the Spatially Heterogeneous Effects of Urban Built Environment on Road Travel Time Variability
Publication: Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems
Volume 147, Issue 1
Abstract
Most studies of road travel time estimation have been based on traffic-flow theory or data-driven methods and generally neglect the influence of urban built environment on road travel time. A global regression model and a geographically weighted regression model were thus established to analyze the spatial heterogeneity of the effects of urban built environment on road travel time. The estimated results of the global regression model indicate that the occupancy rate of taxis, the distance from the nearest intersection, and the speed limit show positive correlations with a road’s travel speed, whiles the number of bus stops and the distance from the nearest school show negative associations with the travel speed of the road. Furthermore, based on the results of the geographically weighted regression model, the spatially varying relationships between urban built environment and road travel time can be established, thus providing important information for decision-makers to reduce road travel time by adjusting the attributes of urban built environment.
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All data, models, or code generated or used during the study are confidential in nature. All these items are part of a project with the Transport Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality, so they are not allowed to be shared.
Acknowledgments
This research has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project Nos. 71701030 and 71971038), the Humanities and Social Sciences Youth Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (Project No. 17YJCZH265), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Project Nos. 2018T110223 and 2016M601313), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Project No. DUT20GJ210).
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