The deeper and wider social impacts of transportation infrastructure: From travel experience to sense of place and academic performance

IF 6.3 2区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS
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Traditional transportation planning emphasized the direct economic benefits of transportation infrastructure. While there is a growing awareness of the environmental consequences, social impacts are frequently overlooked due to methodological complexities and political neglect. Although existing literature acknowledges the existence of transportation-related social exclusion, it primarily concentrates on quantifiable and immediate short-term social outcomes arising from improved accessibility and affordability, which facilitate place-to-place interactions and activities. There has been limited exploration of the more intricate and indirect societal impacts associated with transportation. This paper argues that new transportation infrastructure not only affects mobility and travel experiences but also has deeper social impacts on the sense of place. These effects may extend to broader benefits, including academic performance, by influencing place identity, attachment, and dependency, which in turn affect daily activities unrelated to travel. Our study focuses on a university student community (N = 323), a pivotal future workforce, and investigates how the introduction of a new metro line passing through the campus reduces commuting time, subsequently enhancing academic productivity. Employing structural equation modeling method, our analysis reveals that sense of place acts as a mediator between travel experience and student engagement under the influence of transportation mode choice. These findings may have broad applicability in identifying indirect social impacts of transportation infrastructure, thus providing insights for investment decisions.

交通基础设施更深层次和更广泛的社会影响:从旅行体验到地方感和学习成绩
传统的交通规划强调交通基础设施的直接经济效益。虽然人们对环境后果的认识不断提高,但由于方法复杂和政治上的忽视,社会影响经常被忽视。尽管现有文献承认存在与交通相关的社会排斥现象,但主要集中在可量化和直接的短期社会成果上,这些成果来自于交通可达性和可负担性的改善,从而促进了地方与地方之间的互动和活动。对于与交通相关的更复杂、更间接的社会影响的探讨还很有限。本文认为,新的交通基础设施不仅会影响流动性和旅行体验,还会对地方感产生更深层次的社会影响。这些影响通过影响对地方的认同、依恋和依赖,进而影响到与出行无关的日常活动,从而带来更广泛的益处,包括学习成绩。我们的研究聚焦于一个大学生群体(N = 323),他们是未来重要的劳动力,研究了一条经过校园的新地铁线的引入如何减少通勤时间,进而提高学习效率。通过结构方程建模法,我们的分析表明,在交通方式选择的影响下,地方感在旅行体验和学生参与之间起到了中介作用。这些发现在识别交通基础设施的间接社会影响方面具有广泛的适用性,从而为投资决策提供启示。
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Transport Policy
Transport Policy Multiple-
CiteScore
12.10
自引率
10.30%
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282
期刊介绍: Transport Policy is an international journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport. Its subject areas reflect the concerns of policymakers in government, industry, voluntary organisations and the public at large, providing independent, original and rigorous analysis to understand how policy decisions have been taken, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved. The journal treats the transport sector comprehensively, and in the context of other sectors including energy, housing, industry and planning. All modes are covered: land, sea and air; road and rail; public and private; motorised and non-motorised; passenger and freight.
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