Residential location, urban form, and household transportation spending in Greater Buenos Aires

Guerra et al examine the empirical relationship between how much individual households spend on transportation and measures of where they live in Greater Buenos Aires in terms of job accessibility, distance to the downtown, neighborhood density, land use diversity, and intersection density. Three pr...

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Published in:Journal of transport geography 2018-10, Vol.72, p.76-85
Main Authors: Guerra, Erick, Caudillo, Camilo, Goytia, Cynthia, Quiros, Tatiana Peralta, Rodriguez, Camila
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Central business districts
Empirical analysis
Expenditures
Geography
Households
Housing
Investment strategy
Land use
Residential density
Residential location
Transportation
Urban transportation
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Summary:Guerra et al examine the empirical relationship between how much individual households spend on transportation and measures of where they live in Greater Buenos Aires in terms of job accessibility, distance to the downtown, neighborhood density, land use diversity, and intersection density. Three primary contributions to the literature on housing and transportation affordability are made. First, the analysis adds another example to the small but growing body of work that directly examines the relationship between urban form and individual households' transportation spending. Second, it is one of just two to examine the relationship between urban form and household expenditures in a Latin American context, and the first to include both transit costs and monthly car costs (including tolls, maintenance, and parking). Third and finally, the study has potential implications for local officials interested in using land use, regulatory, or investment policies to make Buenos Aires more affordable for lower income residents.
ISSN:0966-6923
1873-1236
DOI:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.08.018