Investigating the effect of transportation system on urban land use, Evidence from Tehran

The relationship between transportation and land use is one of the basic concepts in transportation studies. As a result of this close relationship, insufficient attention is paid to the interactions between the transportation system and land use, leading to inefficiency of traffic control policies. In the last few decades, numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between transportation system and land use, but the impacts of transportation variables on land use is still not identified separately and quantitatively. Most previous models consider the impacts of transportation system in form of travel time or cost. This paper aims to investigate the quantitative impact of transportation system and traffic restriction policies on the urban land use. In this regard, to meet the operational challenges and using real data, 560 traffic analysis zones of Tehran, has been chosen as the case study. Binary Logit model has been developed and the residential and non-residential land use considered as the alternatives. Dependent variable is the area (occupancy area) of different land use, and independent variables are related to transportation system characteristics in each zone and other factors that are affecting land use development pattern. Also, given the importance of independent transportation variables, the marginal effect has calculated using different methods. Results show the increase in the individual’s tendency to reside in zones with higher road area and decrease in the likelihood of residing in zones with higher number of taxi and transit lines regarding the importance of nuisance effect than accessibility.