SSCI 165Lgw Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Census Block Group, Smart Growth, Census Tract
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Ssci lecture 24: spatial analysis for sustainable transportation and smart growth (likely won"t be on final) 2 models, 2 dependent variables: automobile ownership. Mean number of automobiles owned within a census block group by a household: vehicle miles traveled (vmts) Modeled for household data in census block group based on census tract level measures. Distance to retail centers / job centers / rail transit. Hypothesis: the closer retail, jobs, and transit are to residences, the fewer vmts and automobiles owned. Hypothesis: the denser a neighborhood, the less likely people will be to drive or own vehicles due to congestion and parking problems: regional level smart growth. Hypothesis: regions spending more $ on transit may indicate more use of public transit (rail) and lower vmts and auto ownership. Hypothesis: regions with fewer people per transit station may use transit more and have fewer vehicles and fewer.
