Revealing the Varying Impact of Urban Built Environment on Online Car-Hailing Travel in Spatio-Temporal Dimension: An Exploratory Analysis in Chengdu, China

Online car-hailing travel is an increasingly popular mode of urban transport. A fundamental understanding of the relationship between the urban built environment and online car-hailing travel is essential for developing the corresponding traffic strategy and addressing sustainable urban planning and...

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Published in:Sustainability 2019-03, Vol.11 (5), p.1336
Main Authors: Li, Tian, Jing, Peng, Li, Linchao, Sun, Dazhi, Yan, Wenbo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Automobile sales
Built environment
Goodness of fit
Heterogeneity
Internet
Land use
Public transportation
Residential areas
Spatial heterogeneity
Suburban areas
Sustainability
Traffic planning
Transportation planning
Travel
Urban environments
Urban planning
Urban transportation
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Summary:Online car-hailing travel is an increasingly popular mode of urban transport. A fundamental understanding of the relationship between the urban built environment and online car-hailing travel is essential for developing the corresponding traffic strategy and addressing sustainable urban planning and design. However, the varying impact of the urban built environment on online car-hailing travel in the spatial dimension has not been sufficiently investigated. This paper aims to fill this gap by using geographically weighted regression (GWR) to check the spatial heterogeneity of the likely influence. The result shows that the GWR model is superior to the global model (OLS) from the perspective of goodness of fit. The study finds that the recreation and entertainment Point of Interest (POI) and the residential district POI are the most influential factors on night online car-hailing travel. Land-use mix is found to have a positive effect on online car-hailing travel, and online car-hailing services can be a complementary mode for public transport, especially in suburban areas.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su11051336