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Spatial variations in active mode trip volume at intersections: a local analysis utilizing geographically weighted regression

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  • Yang, Hongtai
  • Lu, Xiaozhao
  • Cherry, Christopher
  • Liu, Xiaohan
  • Li, Yanlai

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Geographically weighted regression (GWR) models have been employed in previous studies regarding vehicular travel demands, but few studies have locally modeled walking travel demands at intersections to address the issue of spatially varying relationships. Harnessing a comprehensive collection of walking and bicycling traffic counts over 10years in Chittenden County, Vermont, US, along with socioeconomic characteristics, transit accessibility indices, land use attributes and characteristics of intersections and roadway networks, this study utilizes GWR models to identify whether there are spatially varying relationships between active mode travel demands and ambient built-environment attributes. One Ordinary Least Square (OLS) model and two GWR models were parametrically calibrated: a full GWR model of all local variables and a mixed GWR model of both global and local variables. K-fold cross-validation method is used to select variables that significantly influence the volume of active travel modes in the OLS model. The uniform set of variables is investigated in two GWR models. Only residuals of the mixed GWR model exhibit spatial independence. The prediction accuracy of the three models is respectively compared by means of the k-fold cross-validation method. Results show that the mixed GWR model has higher prediction accuracy, while the other two models have roughly the same level of performance. We find that not all independent variables possess a spatially varying relationship with active mode volumes. The flexibility of the mixed GWR model that allows some independent variables to be global strengthens its prediction power. With these findings, transportation planners can dynamically estimate bicycle and pedestrian volumes at widespread intersections, and this geographical realism would facilitate local transportation planning, facility design, safety enhancement and operation analysis, as well as instilling new insights into interdisciplinary spatial research domain.

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  • Yang, Hongtai & Lu, Xiaozhao & Cherry, Christopher & Liu, Xiaohan & Li, Yanlai, 2017. "Spatial variations in active mode trip volume at intersections: a local analysis utilizing geographically weighted regression," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 184-194.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:64:y:2017:i:c:p:184-194
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.09.007
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