A hypothetical urban layout generation model for exploring land use impacts on travel behavior

In urban planning, land-use policies are commonly applied to reduce automobile travel and encourage active transport because land use is believed affect behavior. However, a debate about such effects continues in literature. Empirical studies differing context, methodology, geographic scale come different results. Although questioned of self-selection, the accumulated empirical evidence provides solid foundation for conducting simulation research that helps systematically examine attributes on This paper introduces an layout generation (ULG) model specially developed simulations. The ULG not interaction model. It generates hypothetical layouts corresponding directly D-variables, set measurements widely used studies. D-variables controlled multiple spatial scales Besides aspects road network included virtual city models, also simulates population density. Performance tests showed ability generate though reasonable which meet requirements Finally, several examples combing behavior show potential applications