How far to live and with whom? Role of modal accessibility on living arrangement and distance

• DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2022.2055197
• Publication Date: 2022-04-01T21:08:10Z
• Authors: Md Sami Hasnine; Brittany Chung; Khandker Nurul Habib
• Keywords: 0502 economics and business; 05 social sciences; 11. Sustainability; 0211 other engineering and technologies; 02 engineering and technology

This study investigates the factors influencing university student's living arrangement choice, distance between home and university, mode choice. A closed-form probabilistic choice modelling formulation is developed to model three choices jointly: typical commuting campus. The proposed joint harnesses power of both Random Utility Maximisation (RUM) Cobb–Douglas direct utility maximisation principle. identifies nature extent various systematic random residence behaviour provide evidence for planners policymakers act upon. Walk cycling accessibility appear be most influential factor in university. results suggest that affordable housing by campuses can significantly increase number active users among student population Toronto.