Does urban living influence baby boomers' travel behavior?
- Authors
- Lee, Jae Seung; Zegras, P. Christopher; Ben-Joseph, Eran; Park, Sungjin
- Issue Date
- Feb-2014
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Baby boomers; Travel behavior; Self-selection; Propensity score matching
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY, v.35, pp.21 - 29
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
- Volume
- 35
- Start Page
- 21
- End Page
- 29
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/16756
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.01.004
- ISSN
- 0966-6923
- Abstract
- We compare the travel behavior of urban versus suburban baby boomers in the Boston metropolitan area. Using propensity score matching to attempt to control for self-selection and data from two surveys implemented in 2008 and 2010, we find that the urban boomers tend to be less automobile-dependent than suburban baby boomers. Urban baby boomers also make more recreational non-motorized transport (NMT), social, utilitarian, and transit commute trips. Most of these differences seem to be primarily a result of the urban setting, not the particular preferences of boomers living in urban settings. We find very small self-selection effects on automobile commuting, recreational NMT, and utilitarian trips: 1-7% of observed influence. We also find some evidence that baby boomers' preference for social activities tends to be mismatched to their environments - suburban boomers want more social opportunities than their settings enable. For public transport, we find a relatively large self-selection effect, 43% of observed influence, suggesting a transit-oriented boomer market segment exists. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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