The Effect of Bundled Housing and Accessibility Information on Residential Location Choice and Travel Behavior: An Experimental Study

The ability of an individual to travel via modes of transportation other than the single occupancy vehicle is limited by the availability of these alternative transportation modes near their home. The purpose of this research is to investigate the long-term effects of information on an individual's travel behavior. The authors hypothesize that if individuals who are making residential location decisions are provided with housing and accessibility information, they will decide to live in more accessible locations and that they will travel fewer miles by car as a result. This is an experimental research study that involved incoming graduate and transfer undergraduate students at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC).