Does the first/last-mile design matter for transit commuting compared to land use?
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2025
Subject Area
place - asia, place - urban, land use - impacts, land use - planning, ridership - commuting, ridership - mode choice, planning - methods
Keywords
Pedestrian-friendly first/last-mile (FLM), micro-street design, transit commuting
Abstract
Pedestrian-friendly first/last-mile (FLM) path design has potential to promote transit use. Few studies focused on the design of transit FLM paths and comprehensively discussed the combined effects of land use attributes and FLM on transit commuting. Using computer vision techniques and the XGBoost model to analyze street view data and resident travel data in Wuhan, China, we elucidated the nonlinear association among work and residence place land use, FLM design, and individual commuting choices regarding transit, while controlling for individual demographic attributes. Our finding demonstrates the effectiveness of focusing on micro-street design in promoting transit commuting. The first-mile design attributes and residential land use attributes had a greater impact. Furthermore, almost all built environment attributes were nonlinearly associated with transit commuting. The findings emphasize urban design interventions that improve street-level walkability. In comparison, transit-oriented built environment interventions centered solely on land use may struggle to achieve satisfactory results.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Yang, S., Guo, Y., Zhou, L., Chen, J., & Guo, L. (2025). Does the first/last-mile design matter for transit commuting compared to land use?. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 146, 104889.
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