Does Revitalizing the Center of Mid-Sized French Cities Reduce GHG Emissions from Commuting?

Mid-sized cities are usually considered in the literature to be shrinking cities. Some policies promote right-sizing and others revitalization. The relationship between land-use planning mobility having been established, present research issue is focused on whether a policy of revitalizing centers mid-sized favorable low-carbon mobility. Our study investigates commuting trips through two indicators: trip distance car modal share. increase total population, number jobs per resident, decrease unemployment rate, rate executives, working people population residential vacancy all come from censuses 2006 2016. Statistical models based individuals 113 cities, which sociodemographic variables introduced, show that at level agglomerations, no indicator has simultaneously positive effect center urban periphery. No entirely or negative GHG emissions trips. While 2016 significant (18%), shift toward city insufficient change this trajectory.