The Influence of Built Environment on Travel Behaviour in the Periphery Area and City Centre of Semarang

Abstract

The built environment could influence travel behaviour, but studies related to the influence of the built environment on travel behaviour in the periphery area and city centre have not been widely explored. To fill this gap, in this study, to what extent the influence of the built environment on travel behaviour in the periphery area and the city centre was explained using multinomial logit and linear regression. Travel behaviour is defined by choice of mode and trip length. Mode choice in this study consisted of motorbikes, cars, paratransit, transit, and active transport. The built environment is measured by density, diversity, design, destination accessibility, and distance to transit. The results showed that density and destination accessibility had a significant effect on the probability of using transit and the length of the trip. We further found that respondents located in the periphery area tend to travel longer than their counterpart.