Research Article

Effects of Vehicle Restriction Policies on Urban Travel Demand Change from a Built Environment Perspective

Table 2

Variable description and descriptive statistics of built environment.

DimensionsVariablesVariable descriptionMeanMax.Min.SDVIF

LocationDistance to the city center (D_lc)The Euclidian distance from the centroid of each TAZ to Bell Tower (km)6.50114.6330.2593.3252.835
Distance to the nearest local center (D_nlc)The Euclidian distance from the centroid of each TAZ to the nearest regional CBD (km)2.3157.7340.1271.3661.499

Land mixRichness (R)The number of different land-use categories present in a TAZ14.56719.0000.0003.8286.674
Shannon entropy (Sh_en)“It reflects the amount of order in both POIs categories and the number of POIs” (Yue et al., 2016. pp.9)8.56912.7740.0002.22646.705
Simpson index (Si)It presents the evenness or concentration of POIs in a TAZ6.54910.6560.0001.94428.560

Public transportationBus accessibility (B_acc)The route distance from the centroid of the TAZ to the nearest bus stop (km)0.3471.8360.0100.2363.676
Transit accessibility (Tr_acc)The route distance from the centroid of the TAZ to the nearest metro station (km)1.5246.5320.1291.1292.734
Coverage rate of bus stop within a radius of 300 m (cr_b_300)The ratio of bus stop service area within a radius of 300 m to the total area of the TAZ0.6361.0000.0000.2943.811
Coverage rate of bus stop within a radius of 500 m (cr_b_500)The ratio of bus stop service area within a radius of 500 m to the total area of the TAZ0.8701.0000.0000.2535.750
Coverage rate of metro station within a radius of 800 m (cr_m_800)The ratio of metro station service area within a radius of 800 m to the total area of the TAZ0.3181.0000.0000.4061.988
Number of bus routes (N_br)The number of bus routes that pass through the TAZ9.4791.000.0013.111.227

Street designDistance to the nearest minor road (D_nmir)Euclidian distance from the centroid of each TAZ to the nearest minor road (km)0.4142.5300.0000.3831.240
Distance to the nearest main road (D_nmar)Euclidian distance from the centroid of each TAZ to the nearest main road (km)0.3722.9790.0000.3361.512
Distance to the nearest expressway (D_nexpw)Euclidian distance from the centroid of each TAZ to the nearest expressway (km)1.1414.1000.0080.9271.474