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Employment centers and travel behavior: exploring the work commute of Mumbai’s rapidly motorizing middle class
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6458-1885
Highlights Employment centers are located on transportation routes in Mumbai City and its exurbs. Commuters to Mumbai City and exurbs are demographically alike but travel differently. For exurban jobs, they make shorter trips but have higher private vehicle use. Motorized two-wheelers ownership and use is more prevalent in the periphery. Rickshaw and jitney markets exists but service standards need to improve.
Abstract In the Greater Mumbai Region (GMR), jobs and housing are agglomerating in nodes in the periphery of Mumbai City. However, current transportation investments focus on strengthening connections within Mumbai City, while these outlying nodes have received less attention. As housing and jobs move out, given limited travel choices, the need for mobility nudges many middle class Indian households into owning private vehicles. Using household travel survey data from the GMR, this paper develops an understanding of how worker’s trips are different for those who commute to the city versus the exurbs. Socio-economic and transportation indicators for middle class workers going to the city versus the exurbs show that these populations are quite similar demographically. However, those traveling to the exurbs, on average, tend to be at a socio-economic disadvantage with respect to income, education and out-of-pocket travel burdens. Those traveling to exurban work locations have shorter travel times and trip distances, and make much higher use of walking, biking, rickshaws, and motorized two-wheelers compared to commuters to Mumbai City. Across the GMR, car users travel longer and farther compared to motorized two-wheeler users. On average, traveling by a private vehicle is faster than bus or rickshaw travel revealing advantages of private vehicle use. These mode choices in the middle class have resulted in rapid motorization and negative externalities such as traffic congestion and emissions. Evidence of large increases in motorized two-wheelers and cars in India suggests that these modes will likely keep growing, unless competing efficient travel options are supplied.
Employment centers and travel behavior: exploring the work commute of Mumbai’s rapidly motorizing middle class
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6458-1885
Highlights Employment centers are located on transportation routes in Mumbai City and its exurbs. Commuters to Mumbai City and exurbs are demographically alike but travel differently. For exurban jobs, they make shorter trips but have higher private vehicle use. Motorized two-wheelers ownership and use is more prevalent in the periphery. Rickshaw and jitney markets exists but service standards need to improve.
Abstract In the Greater Mumbai Region (GMR), jobs and housing are agglomerating in nodes in the periphery of Mumbai City. However, current transportation investments focus on strengthening connections within Mumbai City, while these outlying nodes have received less attention. As housing and jobs move out, given limited travel choices, the need for mobility nudges many middle class Indian households into owning private vehicles. Using household travel survey data from the GMR, this paper develops an understanding of how worker’s trips are different for those who commute to the city versus the exurbs. Socio-economic and transportation indicators for middle class workers going to the city versus the exurbs show that these populations are quite similar demographically. However, those traveling to the exurbs, on average, tend to be at a socio-economic disadvantage with respect to income, education and out-of-pocket travel burdens. Those traveling to exurban work locations have shorter travel times and trip distances, and make much higher use of walking, biking, rickshaws, and motorized two-wheelers compared to commuters to Mumbai City. Across the GMR, car users travel longer and farther compared to motorized two-wheeler users. On average, traveling by a private vehicle is faster than bus or rickshaw travel revealing advantages of private vehicle use. These mode choices in the middle class have resulted in rapid motorization and negative externalities such as traffic congestion and emissions. Evidence of large increases in motorized two-wheelers and cars in India suggests that these modes will likely keep growing, unless competing efficient travel options are supplied.
Employment centers and travel behavior: exploring the work commute of Mumbai’s rapidly motorizing middle class
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6458-1885
Highlights Employment centers are located on transportation routes in Mumbai City and its exurbs. Commuters to Mumbai City and exurbs are demographically alike but travel differently. For exurban jobs, they make shorter trips but have higher private vehicle use. Motorized two-wheelers ownership and use is more prevalent in the periphery. Rickshaw and jitney markets exists but service standards need to improve.
Abstract In the Greater Mumbai Region (GMR), jobs and housing are agglomerating in nodes in the periphery of Mumbai City. However, current transportation investments focus on strengthening connections within Mumbai City, while these outlying nodes have received less attention. As housing and jobs move out, given limited travel choices, the need for mobility nudges many middle class Indian households into owning private vehicles. Using household travel survey data from the GMR, this paper develops an understanding of how worker’s trips are different for those who commute to the city versus the exurbs. Socio-economic and transportation indicators for middle class workers going to the city versus the exurbs show that these populations are quite similar demographically. However, those traveling to the exurbs, on average, tend to be at a socio-economic disadvantage with respect to income, education and out-of-pocket travel burdens. Those traveling to exurban work locations have shorter travel times and trip distances, and make much higher use of walking, biking, rickshaws, and motorized two-wheelers compared to commuters to Mumbai City. Across the GMR, car users travel longer and farther compared to motorized two-wheeler users. On average, traveling by a private vehicle is faster than bus or rickshaw travel revealing advantages of private vehicle use. These mode choices in the middle class have resulted in rapid motorization and negative externalities such as traffic congestion and emissions. Evidence of large increases in motorized two-wheelers and cars in India suggests that these modes will likely keep growing, unless competing efficient travel options are supplied.
Employment centers and travel behavior: exploring the work commute of Mumbai’s rapidly motorizing middle class
Shirgaokar, Manish (author)
Journal of Transport Geography ; 41 ; 249-258
2014-01-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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