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Does Wind Discourage Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice? Findings from San Francisco, California, USA
- Source :
- Kim, Hyungkyoo; & Macdonald, Elizabeth. (2016). Does Wind Discourage Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice? Findings from San Francisco, California, USA. Sustainability, 8(3), 257. doi: 10.3390/su8030257. UC Berkeley: Center for the Built Environment. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6gz6t90p, Sustainability; Volume 8; Issue 3; Pages: 257, Sustainability, Vol 8, Iss 3, p 257 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- eScholarship, University of California, 2016.
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Abstract
- This paper explores whether and to what extent wind discourages sustainable transportation mode choice, which includes riding public transportation, bicycling, and walking. A six month-long field study was carried out at four locations in San Francisco, a city that has been promoting sustainable transportation mode choice but that experiences high wind levels. It involved surveying pedestrians and on-site recording of microclimate data using various instruments. The survey adopted a mixed-method approach to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Statistical analyses using Kruskal Wallis tests and ordinal logistic regression models identified the significant effect of wind speed on San Francisco’s residents in estimating their discouragement for waiting at transit stop without shelter, bicycling, and walking. Qualitative data revealed a deeper understanding of how wind influences their sustainable transportation mode choice. This research argues for the need to adopt climate-based efforts in urban planning and policy and sheds light on the climate resilience of cities
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Geography, Planning and Development
TJ807-830
Qualitative property
sustainable transportation mode
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
01 natural sciences
Wind speed
Renewable energy sources
Transport engineering
Urban planning
0502 economics and business
wind
mixed-method
San Francisco
Architecture
GE1-350
Mode choice
Environmental planning
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
050210 logistics & transportation
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
05 social sciences
Building and Construction
Climate resilience
Environmental sciences
Sustainable transport
Public transport
Ordered logit
business
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Kim, Hyungkyoo; & Macdonald, Elizabeth. (2016). Does Wind Discourage Sustainable Transportation Mode Choice? Findings from San Francisco, California, USA. Sustainability, 8(3), 257. doi: 10.3390/su8030257. UC Berkeley: Center for the Built Environment. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6gz6t90p, Sustainability; Volume 8; Issue 3; Pages: 257, Sustainability, Vol 8, Iss 3, p 257 (2016)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....534c6dcd38dc2361730c94ced5ae8eeb