The socio-economics of travel behavior and environmental burdens: A Detroit,Michigan regional context |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Michigan State University, School of Planning Design & Construction, 552 West Circle Dr., East Lansing, MI 48824, United States;2. Michigan State University, Department of Geography, 673 Auditorium Rd., East Lansing, MI 48824, United States;1. Energy Systems Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 424 Hafez Ave, Tehran, 15825-4413, Iran;2. Gilan Electricity Distribution Company, Iran;1. Center for Applied Economic Research, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany;2. Institute for New Economic Thinking, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, UK;3. School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China;4. Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany;5. Department of Economics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The transportation industry—particularly light-duty vehicles—is a significant contributor of greenhouse gasses, accounting for about one-third of overall emissions in the U.S. Research to date has studied various factors that impact travel behavior of residents with varying socio-economic characteristics. However, research on the socio-economic characteristics of residents and their impact on environmental burdens within a single urban region, as measured by fuel consumption and vehicular emissions, is recognized as under-represented in the U.S. planning and transportation literature. This study focuses on the Detroit region, Michigan, a unique case study due to the scale of suburbanization and urban decline, yet representative of many mid-western cities. The article explores how socio-economic characteristics impact travel patterns and environmental burdens within six Detroit region neighborhoods. Data on individual travel behavior and personal vehicle characteristics gathered from a mail survey enabled an analysis into how associated environmental burdens varied with socio-economic composition. The analysis explores contributions to environmental burdens between poorer urban and wealthier suburban populations. |
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| Keywords: | Travel behavior Built environment Socio-demographic characteristics Environmental impacts |
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